23 ⁸ In almost every town in Judah, priests had been offering sacrifices to the Lord at local shrines. Josiah brought these priests to Jerusalem and had their shrines made unfit for worship — every shrine from Geba just north of Jerusalem to Beersheba in the south. He even tore down the shrine at Beersheba that was just to the left of Joshua Gate, which was named after the highest official of the city. ⁹ Those local priests could not serve at the Lord’s altar in Jerusalem, but they were allowed to eat sacred bread, just like the priests from Jerusalem.