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- 2 Kings 22:14
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So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
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- 2 Kings 23:1
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Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
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- 2 Kings 23:2
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And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
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- 2 Kings 23:4
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Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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- 2 Kings 23:5
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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.
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- 2 Kings 23:6
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He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
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- 2 Kings 23:9
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Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
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- 2 Kings 23:13
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The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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- 2 Kings 23:20
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On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Kings 23:23
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But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
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- 2 Kings 23:24
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Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
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- 2 Kings 23:27
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For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
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- 2 Kings 23:30
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From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
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- 2 Kings 23:31
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Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
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- 2 Kings 23:33
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And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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- 2 Kings 23:36
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Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
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- 2 Kings 24:4
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and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
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- 2 Kings 24:8
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
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- 2 Kings 24:10
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At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
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- 2 Kings 24:14
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He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
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- 2 Kings 24:15
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Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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- 2 Kings 24:18
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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
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- 2 Kings 24:20
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For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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- 2 Kings 25:1
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So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
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- 2 Kings 25:8
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On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
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- 2 Kings 25:9
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He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
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- 2 Kings 25:10
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And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 3:4
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These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,
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- 1 Chronicles 3:5
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and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
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- 1 Chronicles 6:10
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Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
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Source alternate reference: 5.36
- 1 Chronicles 6:15
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Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Source alternate reference: 5.41
- 1 Chronicles 6:32
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They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
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Source alternate reference: 6.17
- 1 Chronicles 8:28
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All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 8:32
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and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 9:3
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Some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
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- 1 Chronicles 9:34
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All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 9:38
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Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 11:4
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Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
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- 1 Chronicles 14:3
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And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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- 1 Chronicles 14:4
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These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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- 1 Chronicles 15:3
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And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
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- 1 Chronicles 18:7
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And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 19:15
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When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:1
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In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:3
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David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:4
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Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:15
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Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:16
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When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:25
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For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
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- 1 Chronicles 28:1
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Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.
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