2009-09-10T16:21:28-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/pagan+priests/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2023:5&version=NIV 2009-09-10T16:21:28-05:00 In the Old Testament we read much of the Jews and their interactions with the pagans. There is a constant tension between how the kings dealt or didn't deal with the pagan cultures they interacted with. In this verse we read of how Josiah destroyed the pagan priests and their various forms of worship.