# 2 Kings 23:5

> Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

— 2 Kings 23:5, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Jeremiah 44:17-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/44/17
- 2 Kings 21:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/21/3

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).