2 Kings 23:24

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Josiah also got rid of the mediums, psychics, family idols, other idols, and disgusting gods that could be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to confirm the words of the Teachings written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple.

Cross References

Genesis 31:19

When Laban went to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s idols.

2 Kings 21:11

“King Manasseh of Judah has done disgusting things, things more evil than what the Amorites who ⌞were here⌟ before him had done. Manasseh has also made Judah sin by ⌞worshiping⌟ his idols.

2 Kings 21:21

He lived like his father in every way and worshiped and prayed to the idols his father had worshiped.

2 Kings 21:3

He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He set up altars dedicated to Baal and made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven.

2 Kings 21:6

He burned his son as a sacrifice, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, and appointed ⌞royal⌟ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.

2 Kings 23:23

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, this Passover was celebrated in Jerusalem for the Lord.

Isaiah 19:3

The Egyptians will lose courage. I will unravel their plans. They will turn to idols, ghosts, mediums, and fortunetellers.

Hosea 3:4

In the same way, the Israelites will wait a long time without kings or officials, without sacrifices or sacred stones, and without ephods  or family idols.

Leviticus 19:31

“Don’t turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:27

“Every man or woman who is a medium or a psychic must be put to death. They must be stoned to death because they deserve to die.”

Romans 3:20

Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.

James 1:25

However, the person who continues to study God’s perfect laws that make people free and who remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don’t merely listen and forget; they actually do what God’s laws say.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.

Judges 17:5

Micah owned a shrine. He also made an ephod  and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest.