23:19a Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria

In the same way as he/Josiah had done at Bethel, in the region of Samaria

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King Josiah repeated what he had done in Bethel in the rest of Samaria.

23:19b he removed all the shrines of the high places

Josiah/he removed all the pagan shrines.

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He destroyed all the places of idol/pagan worship

23:19c set up by the kings of Israel

These were shrines that the kings of Israel had built in the towns within Samaria.

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built by the kings of Israel in the towns of Samaria ⌊region⌋ .

23:19d who had provoked the LORD to anger.

These worship places had caused Yahweh to be angry.

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They had made Yahweh angry.

23:19a-d (reordered)

The kings of Israel had also built hilltop shrines in the ⌊other⌋ towns of Samaria. Yahweh had been very angry because of this. Josiah removed all those pagan shrines in the same way as he had removed the shrine at Bethel.

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In every city of Israel King Josiah tore down all the pagan places of worship which had been built by the kings of Israel, who thereby aroused the Lord ’s anger. He did to all those altars what he had done in Bethel. (Good News Translation)

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