He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
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He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
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And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
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And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 34:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 13:2 He cried against the altar by Yahweh’s word, and said, “Altar! Altar! Yahweh says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’ ”
- Numbers 35:33 “ ‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
- 2 Kings 23:16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
- 2 Kings 23:20 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.
- 2 Chronicles 34:7 He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, then returned to Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 3:10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 4:14 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Jeremiah 8:1-2 “At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
- Ezekiel 22:24 “Son of man, tell her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Read 2 Kings 23:16.
Read 2 Kings 23:16.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the…
2Ch 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Ver. 5. And he burnt the bones.] That those altars might be defiled, discredited, and abhorred for ever.
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He cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.] Cleansed it as well as he could; bringing them to an outward conformity, whose hearts were still full of harlotry; as well appeared when Josiah’s head was laid.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And so did he in the cities of Manasseh,…
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali,.... Which though they belonged to the ten tribes, yet these being carried captive by the king of Assyria, they that were left became subject to the kings of Judah; see Gill on Kg2 23:19,
with their mattocks round about; or hammers or mauls, as Kimchi, or pick axes, such sort of instruments as were used in demolishing altars and images: the Targum is,"in the house of their desolation;''
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and so other versions, "in their desolate places" (x), which were become such, the inhabitants being carried captive, and few left behind.
(x) "in desolatis locis suis, vel eorum", Montanus, Tigurine version, Rambachius.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. He burnt the bones of the priests]…
Verse 5. He burnt the bones of the priests] כומריא kumeraiya, the kemarim, says the Targum. See this word explained, 2Kg 23:5.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Priests, whom he slew upon the altars, 4 K.…
Priests, whom he slew upon the altars, 4 K. xxiii.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he burnt the bones of the priests upon their…
he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars--A greater brand of infamy could not have been put on idolatrous priests than the disinterment of their bones, and a greater defilement could not have been done to the altars of idolatry than the burning upon them the bones of those who had there officiated in their lifetime.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. he burnt the bones of the priests] Specially…
5. he burnt the bones of the priests] Specially at Beth-el; 2Ki_23:15-16.
cleansed] R.V. purged (as in 2Ch_34:3; 2Ch_34:8).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) And he burnt . . . upon their…
(5) And he burnt . . . upon their altar.—See 2Ki_23:13-14; 2Ki_23:16; 2Ki_23:20 for details. Literally, and bones of priests he burnt. They were bones taken from the graves of the idolatrous priests, who were thus punished, while their altars were irreparably defiled. (For the horror with which such a violation of the dead was then regarded, see Amo_2:1.)
And cleansed (i.e., “purged,” 2Ch_34:3) Judah and Jerusalem.—This phrase does not occur at all in the parallel account.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Note herein the striking fulfilment of 1Ki_13:1-3, of which…
Note herein the striking fulfilment of 1Ki_13:1-3, of which our parallel (2Ki_23:12-14, 2Ki_23:16-20) gives a more detailed account, especially as regards Israel, though not failing to recognize Judah and Jerusalem"s share in the need of purgation and punishment.
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