KJV King James Version
And he slew all the priests of the high places that [were] there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 23:20
And he slew all the priests of the high places that [were] there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who are there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 23
17 Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? And the men of the city told him, [It is] the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.
18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that [were] there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant.
22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [wherein] this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
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וַ֠יִּזְבַּחH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallכֹּהֲנֵ֨יH3548 · ko.henpriestהַבָּמ֤וֹתH1116 · ba.mahhigh placeאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereעַל־H5921 · aluponהַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹתH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוַיִּשְׂרֹ֛ףH8313 · sa.raphto burnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַצְמ֥וֹתH6106 · e.tsemboneאָדָ֖םH120 · a.dammanעֲלֵיהֶ֑םH5921 · aluponוַיָּ֖שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
2 Kings 11:18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.2 Chronicles 34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.2 Kings 10:25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, [and] slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast [them] out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.1 Kings 13:2And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.1 Kings 18:40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.Isaiah 34:6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, [and] with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.Deuteronomy 13:5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.Zechariah 13:2-3And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
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