Verse 20

2 Kings 23:20

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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 he returned to Jerusalem.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ֠/יִּזְבַּח אֶת כָּל כֹּהֲנֵ֨י הַ/בָּמ֤וֹת אֲשֶׁר שָׁם֙ עַל הַֽ/מִּזְבְּח֔וֹת וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֛ף אֶת עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָ֖ם עֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

English Translation

And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there on their altars, and he burned the bones of men upon them, and he returned to Jerusalem.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. Focus ↗

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

3 And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to... Focus ↗

4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers... Focus ↗

5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the... Focus ↗

6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron,... Focus ↗

7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wo... Focus ↗

8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the pri... Focus ↗

9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but th... Focus ↗

10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his... Focus ↗

11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the hou... Focus ↗

12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made... Focus ↗

13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corrupt... Focus ↗

14 And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones... Focus ↗

15 Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made... Focus ↗

16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount; and he sent, and... Focus ↗

17 Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulch... Focus ↗

18 And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of t... Focus ↗

19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Is... Focus ↗

20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men’s bo...

21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God (Elohim), as... Focus ↗

22 Surely there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all... Focus ↗

23 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem. Focus ↗

24 Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all t... Focus ↗

25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with... Focus ↗

26 Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was... Focus ↗

27 And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cas... Focus ↗

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chr... Focus ↗

29 In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: a... Focus ↗

30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and burie... Focus ↗

31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerus... Focus ↗

32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. Focus ↗

33 And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusa... Focus ↗

34 And Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed h... Focus ↗

35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money accor... Focus ↗

36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerus... Focus ↗

37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (37 verses)
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