Josiah Destroys Idolatry
2 Chronicles 34:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
- KJV
- And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
- WEB
- He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
- ASV
- And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
- LSV
- and he has burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleanses Judah and Jerusalem,
- YLT
- and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,
- DBY
- and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
- DRC
- And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols, and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.
- GNV
- Also he burnt the bones of the Priests vpon their altars, and purged Iudah and Ierusalem.
- JPS
- And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
- LXXE
- And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem.
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- Written (Ketiv): מִזְבְּחוֹתָים (“altars”). Read aloud (Qere): מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם (“altars their”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ים; read aloud (Qere) reads מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם (“altars their”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְעַצְמוֹת֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שָׂרַ֖ף עַל־מזבחותים וַיְטַהֵ֥ר אֶת־יְהוּדָ֖ה וְאֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ὀστᾶ ἱερέων κατέκαυσεν ἐπὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια, καὶ ἐκαθάρισε τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
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- 1 Kings 13:2And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high…
- 2 Kings 23:16And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the…
- Jeremiah 8:1–2“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their…
- Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- 2 Kings 23:20On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 22:24“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’
- Jeremiah 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:7He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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