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 וּבִשְׁמֹונֶ֨ה שָׁנִ֜ים לְמָלְכֹ֗ו וְהוּא֙ עֹודֶ֣נּוּ נַ֔עַר הֵחֵ֕ל לִדְרֹ֕ושׁ לֵאלֹהֵ֖י דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה הֵחֵל֙ לְטַהֵ֔ר אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִן־הַבָּמֹות֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֹֽות׃WLC (Consonants Only)
 
 
 ובשמונה שנים למלכו והוא עודנו נער החל לדרוש לאלהי דויד אביו ובשתים עשרה שנה החל לטהר את־יהודה וירושלם מן־הבמות והאשרים והפסלים והמסכות׃Strong's ConcordanceHolman Christian Standard Bible In  the eighth  year  of  his  reign, while  he  was still  a youth, Josiah began  to  seek  the God  of his  ancestor  David,   and  in  the twelfth   year  he began  to  cleanse  Judah  and  Jerusalem  of  the  •high places, the  •Asherah poles, the  carved images,   and  the  cast images.
 
 New American Standard Bible
 For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images.
 
 King James Bible
 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
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