2 Chronicles 34:3

Modern King James Version

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still 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 Asherahs, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried against the altar in the Word of Jehovah and said, O, altar, altar, so says Jehovah. Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and on you he shall offer the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you.

2 Kings 10:27

And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal and made it a sewer-house until this day.

2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent which Moses had made; for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it. And he called it Nehushtan.

2 Kings 20:5

Return again and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, So says Jehovah, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of Jehovah.

2 Kings 23:14

And he broke the images in pieces, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their places with the bones of men.

2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels which were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

1 Chronicles 22:5

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house to be built for Jehovah is to be highly magnificent, for a name and for beauty to all the lands. I will now prepare for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind. For Jehovah searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

1 Chronicles 29:1

And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great. For the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

2 Chronicles 14:6

And he built fortified cities in Judah. For the land had rest, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you while you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 30:14

And they arose and took away the altars in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and threw them into the torrent Kidron.

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and threw them out of the city.

2 Chronicles 33:17

But the people still sacrificed in the high places, but only to Jehovah their God.

2 Chronicles 33:22

And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his father Manasseh did; and to all the graven images that his father Manasseh had made, Amon sacrificed, and served them.

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the territories that belonged to the sons of Israel. And he made all that were present in Israel to serve, to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

Psalm 119:9

BETH: With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.

Psalm 71:5

For You are my hope, O Lord God, my trust from my youth.

Exodus 34:13

But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their sacred poles.

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child is known by his own doings, whether his work is pure and whether it is right.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your high places and cut down your images, and throw your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and My soul shall despise you.

Micah 1:5

All this is for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a babe you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.