Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then Josiah burned the bones of the [pagan] priests on their altars and purged and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible

Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

International Standard Version

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, thus purging Judah and Jerusalem.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

And he had the bones of the priests burned on their altars, and so he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.

Darby Translation

and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

Julia Smith Translation

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and he will cleanse Judah and Jerusalem.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he burned the bones of the priests on the altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

NET Bible

He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible

He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

The Emphasized Bible

And, the bones of the priests, burned he upon their altars, - and so purified Judah and Jerusalem:

Webster

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

World English Bible

He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he burnt
שׂרף 
Saraph 
Usage: 117

the bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

of the priests
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

and cleansed
טהר 
Taher 
Usage: 94

יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Josiah's Reform

4 They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were high above them; he also smashed the Asherim and the carved images and the cast images to pieces, and ground them to dust and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 Then Josiah burned the bones of the [pagan] priests on their altars and purged and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins,



Cross References

1 Kings 13:2

The man cried out against the [idolatrous] altar by the word of the Lord, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice [the bodies of] the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

Numbers 35:33

So you shall not pollute and defile the land in which you live; for [the shedding of innocent] blood pollutes and defiles the land. No atonement (expiation) can be made for the land for the [innocent] blood shed in it, except by the blood (execution) of him who shed it.

2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent men and had the bones taken from the graves, and burned them on the altar and [thereby] desecrated it, in accordance with the word of the Lord which the man of God prophesied, who proclaimed these things [about this altar, naming Josiah before he was born].

2 Kings 23:20

All the priests of the high places who were there he slaughtered on the altars, and burned human bones on them [to desecrate the places forever]. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:7

he tore down the altars and beat and crushed the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:14


O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?

Jeremiah 8:1-2

“At that time,” says the Lord, “they [the Babylonian army] will bring out from their graves the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:24

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You [Israel] are a land that is not pronounced clean or rained on in the day of indignation.’

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