OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 23:24

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Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the LORD’s house.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 24. Spirits. Lit. “the pythons.” Deuteronomy 18:11; Numbers 22:5.—Idols. Hebrew Teraphim; Prot. “images,” Genesis 21:19.—Uncleannesses. Hebrew and so forth “idols.”

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teraphim were household idols.

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