Verse 17

2 Kings 23:17

Literal Standard Version

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17 And he says, “What is this sign that I see?” And the men of the city say to him, “The grave of the man of God (Elohim) who has come from Judah, and proclaims these things that you have done concerning the altar of Beth-El.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר מָ֚ה הַ/צִּיּ֣וּן הַלָּ֔ז אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֑ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜י/ו אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָ/עִ֗יר הַ/קֶּ֤בֶר אִישׁ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ אֲשֶׁר בָּ֣א מִֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה וַ/יִּקְרָ֗א אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִ֤ים הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתָ עַ֖ל הַ/מִּזְבַּ֥ח בֵּֽית אֵֽל

English Translation

And he said, "What is this Zion that I see?" And the men of the city, the grave of the man of God who came from Judah, said to me, "And he called these words that you have done upon the altar at Bethel."

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Chapter 23 Context

1 And the king sends, and they gather all the elderly of Judah and Jerusalem to him, Focus ↗

2 and the king goes up to the house of YHWH, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusa... Focus ↗

3 And the king stands by the pillar, and makes the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH, and to ke... Focus ↗

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

5 And he has caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed (and they m... Focus ↗

6 And he brings out the Asherah from the house of YHWH to the outside of Jerusalem, to the Brook of Ki... Focus ↗

7 And he breaks down the houses of the whoremongers that are in the house of YHWH, where the women are... Focus ↗

8 And he brings in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiles the high places where the p... Focus ↗

9 only, the priests of the high places do not come up to the altar of YHWH in Jerusalem, but they have... Focus ↗

10 And he has defiled Topheth that is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no man causes his son... Focus ↗

11 And he causes to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in... Focus ↗

12 And the altars that are on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and t... Focus ↗

13 And the high places that are on the front of Jerusalem, that are on the right of the Mount of Corrup... Focus ↗

14 And he has broken the standing-pillars in pieces, and cuts down the Asherim, and fills their place w... Focus ↗

15 and also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he m... Focus ↗

16 And Josiah turns, and sees the graves that are there on the mountain, and sends and takes the bones... Focus ↗

17 And he says, “What is this sign that I see?” And the men of the city say to him, “The grave of the m...

18 And he says, “Leave him alone, let no man touch his bones”; and they let his bones escape with the b... Focus ↗

19 And also all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Isra... Focus ↗

20 And he slays all the priests of the high places who are there by the altars, and burns the bones of... Focus ↗

21 And the king commands the whole of the people, saying, “Make a Passover to your God (Elohim) YHWH, a... Focus ↗

22 Surely there has not been made like this Passover from the days of the ones judging who judged Israe... Focus ↗

23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover has been made to YHWH in Jerusalem. Focus ↗

24 And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all t... Focus ↗

25 And like him there has not been before him a king who turned back to YHWH with all his heart, and wi... Focus ↗

26 Only, YHWH has not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned ag... Focus ↗

27 and YHWH says, “I also turn Judah aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejec... Focus ↗

28 And the rest of the matters of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the... Focus ↗

29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt has come up against the king of Asshur, by the Euphrates Riv... Focus ↗

30 And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him to Jerusalem, and bury him in h... Focus ↗

31 Jehoahaz is a son of twenty-three years in his reigning, and he has reigned three months in Jerusale... Focus ↗

32 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did, Focus ↗

33 and Pharaoh Necho binds him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he put... Focus ↗

34 And Pharaoh Necho causes Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of his father Josiah, and turns his... Focus ↗

35 And Jehoiakim has given the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silv... Focus ↗

36 Jehoiakim is a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned eleven years in Jerusale... Focus ↗

37 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (37 verses)
Version: Literal Standard Version

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