Josiah

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What Josiah removed from the Temple of the LORD and Jerusalem

  • Gay prostitutes living and presumbly working in the temple itself
  • Asherah Poles (probably in the very Holy of Holies)
  • Women weaving shawls or rugs or something for Asherah, again, headquartered in the Temple
  • Baal Worship pots and bowls… stained with the blood of babies and children, the sons and daughters of Judah and Jerusalem
  • A statue of horses and chariots dedicated to worshiping the sun, at the very entrance to the Temple
  • 2 alters made by Manessah, one for the Outer and one for the Inner court, probably to Baal
  • Alters made by the Kings of Judah, on the roof of the (temple? the palace?)

And around Jerusalem:

  • Alters dedicated to Molech, Ashteroth and Chemosh, made by Solomon (over 300 years ago)
  • Sacred stones
  • Asherah Poles
  • Mediums, psychics, etc
  • Various idols around town
  • High places
  • Household gods
  • Pagan priests burning incence to Baal, to the stars and the sky and the heavenly bodies, like the sun and the constellations
  • Shrines at the city gates
  • True Priests of the LORD, but… burning incence to God at various high places around Judah

Reforms

The Ark of the Covenant had been removed from the temple. Unsure who did this.

Probably moved by Manessah and replaced with an Asherah Pole. 2 kings 21.7

He ordered Levites to put it back in the Holy of HOLIES.

He made the (Levitical) priests move back to Jeruslam and stop worshiping the LORD at the high places.