Text: 2 Chronicles 34:33
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 23:4-20
Subject: Josiah's purge and its lasting effect
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The comprehensive purge of 2 Kings 23:4-20 — covering temple, high places, Topheth, sun-horses, rooftop altars, and Bethel — connects to the Chronicler's concluding assessment in 2 Chronicles 34:33: "All his days they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers." While Kings' detailed narrative catalogs what was destroyed, the Chronicler's summary evaluates the reform's durability — it held throughout Josiah's lifetime. The implied contrast is with every other reform in Judah's history, which typically eroded after the reforming king's death.