34:3a In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young,

After Josiah had ruled ⌊as king of Judah⌋ for eight years, he was still young.
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When Josiah had been king ⌊of Judah⌋ for eight (8) years, he was still a boy.

34:3b Josiah began to seek the God of his father David,

⌊From that time⌋ he began to obey the God of his father David.
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He began to worship God in the way that his ancestor King David had worshiped.

34:3c and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem

After he had ruled for twelve years, he removed from Judah and Jerusalem
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When Josiah had been king ⌊of Judah⌋ for twelve (12) years he began to make Judah and Jerusalem City clean/holy.

34:3d of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

the sacred places on the hills, the poles ⌊that were images of the goddess⌋ Asherah, and the idols.
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He ⌊ordered people to⌋ destroy the shrines on the hilltops, and the wooden poles ⌊where they worshiped the goddess⌋ Asherah, and the statues of gods.

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