Text: 2 Chronicles 34:3
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 23:4
Subject: cultic reforms of Jerusalem
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 2 Kings 23:4, Josiah commands removal of "all the articles made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven" from the temple. The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 34:3 dates the beginning of Josiah's purge to his 12th year — six years before the Torah discovery — when "he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, carved images, and cast images." This chronological difference is significant: in Kings, the reforms follow the Torah discovery; in Chronicles, they precede it. The Chronicler presents Josiah's reforms as self-initiated devotion rather than scroll-prompted reaction.