His mind rejoiced in the Lord’s ways, and he again removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

他高兴遵行耶和华的道，并且从犹大除掉一切邱坛和木偶。

他乐意遵行耶和华的道，并且从犹大再次除掉一切丘坛和亚舍拉。

他乐意遵行耶和华的道，并且从犹大再次除掉一切丘坛和亚舍拉。

他专心遵行耶和华的道，铲除犹大境内的丘坛和亚舍拉神像。

他勇敢地遵行耶和华的道路，并且从犹大地中除掉邱坛和亚舍拉。

他高興遵行耶和華的道，並且從猶大除掉一切邱壇和木偶。

他樂意遵行耶和華的道，並且從猶大再次除掉一切丘壇和亞舍拉。

他樂意遵行耶和華的道，並且從猶大再次除掉一切丘壇和亞舍拉。

他專心遵行耶和華的道，剷除猶大境內的邱壇和亞舍拉神像。

他勇敢地遵行耶和華的道路，並且從猶大地中除掉邱壇和亞舍拉。

在永恆主的道路上他的心志很振奮；他還從猶大地除掉了邱壇和亞舍拉神木。

奮志行耶和華之道、且除猶大之崇邱與木偶、

約沙法勇行耶和華道、廢猶大地之崇坵、偶像。

奮勇行主之道、自猶大廢諸邱壇與諸亞舍拉、

His heart was devoted to the ways of the Lord; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

His heart was committed to living the way the Lord wanted him to. He removed the high places from Judah. He also removed the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah.

His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

He was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the pagan shrines and Asherah poles from Judah.

He took great pride in the LORD’s ways, and he again removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

He took great pride in the ways of the Lord, and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah.

And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

He was committed to following the LORD; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.

The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted his entire life.

However, the high places were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have decided to seek God.”

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images.Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines.He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.

and said,“ You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

They will sing of the Lord’s ways, for the Lord’s glory is great.

When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.

Then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not turned from my God to wickedness.Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind and have not disregarded His statutes.

Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

How happy are those whose way is blameless, who live according to the Lord’s instruction!

He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.

Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,