2 Kings 23:19

New Century Version

The kings of Israel had built temples for worshiping gods in the cities of Samaria, which had caused the Lord to be angry. Josiah removed all those temples and did the same things as he had done at Bethel.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam built temples on the places of worship. He also chose priests from all the people, not just from the tribe of Levi.

1 Kings 13:32

Through him the Lord spoke against the altar at Bethel and against the places of worship in the towns of Samaria. What the Lord spoke through him will certainly come true.”

1 Kings 16:33

Ahab also made an idol for worshiping Asherah. He did more things to make the Lord, the God of Israel, angry than all the other kings before him.

2 Kings 17:9

secretly sinning against the Lord their God. They built places to worship gods in all their cities, from the watchtower to the strong, walled city.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his own son pass through fire. He practiced magic and told the future by explaining signs and dreams, and he got advice from mediums and fortune-tellers. He did many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord angry.

2 Kings 8:18

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the family of Ahab had done, because he married Ahab’s daughter. Jehoram did what the Lord said was wrong.

2 Chronicles 31:1

When the Passover celebration was finished, all the Israelites in Jerusalem went out to the towns of Judah. There they smashed the stone pillars used to worship gods. They cut down the Asherah idols and destroyed the altars and places for worshiping gods in all of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.

Psalm 78:58

They made God angry by building places to worship gods; they made him jealous with their idols.

Micah 6:16

This is because you obey the laws of King Omri and do all the things that Ahab’s family does; you follow their advice. So I will let you be destroyed. The people in your city will be laughed at, and other nations will make fun of you.