Verse 5

2 Chronicles 34:5

American Standard Version

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5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/עַצְמוֹת֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שָׂרַ֖ף עַל מזבחותים מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑/ם וַ/יְטַהֵ֥ר אֶת יְהוּדָ֖ה וְ/אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

English Translation

And the bones of the priests he burned on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

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Chapter 34 Context

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. Focus ↗

2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father,... Focus ↗

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high a... Focus ↗

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

6 And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins... Focus ↗

7 And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down... Focus ↗

8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan... Focus ↗

9 And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of... Focus ↗

10 And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; a... Focus ↗

11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings... Focus ↗

12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites,... Focus ↗

13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of... Focus ↗

14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest f... Focus ↗

15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house o... Focus ↗

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All th... Focus ↗

17 And they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it in... Focus ↗

18 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaph... Focus ↗

19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. Focus ↗

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaph... Focus ↗

21 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the... Focus ↗

22 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shall... Focus ↗

23 And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent yo... Focus ↗

24 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, eve... Focus ↗

25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me t... Focus ↗

26 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith... Focus ↗

27 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God (Elohim), when thou heardest... Focus ↗

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither... Focus ↗

29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. Focus ↗

30 And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa... Focus ↗

31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to k... Focus ↗

32 And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of... Focus ↗

33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 34 (33 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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