2 Chronicles 34:6
“He did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.”
What does 2 Chronicles 34:6 mean?
King Josiah is on a spiritual reform mission, traveling through the northern territories to remove idols and false altars from places long abandoned after Israel's exile. The phrase "in their ruins" suggests these cities had been largely depopulated and neglected, making them fitting symbols of how far the kingdom had drifted from God. What's remarkable is that Josiah, a southern king, extends his restoration effort into former northern territory, showing a desire to heal and reunite the fractured people. His thoroughness, reaching even distant corners of desolate land, reveals a deep conviction that no place is too forgotten or too far gone to reclaim for God.