34 UJosiya+ wayeleminyaka engu-8 ngesikhathi esiba yinkosi futhi wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka engu-31.+

4 Abantu badiliza ama-alithare kaBhali bekhokhelwa nguJosiya, lama-alithare okutshisela impepha ayephezu kwawo. Wadiliza izithombe zika-Ashera* lezithombe ezibaziweyo lezithombe zensimbi njalo wazichola zaba yimpuphu, wasechithela impuphu leyo phezu kwamangcwaba alabo ababesenza imihlatshelo ezithombeni lezo.+