Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and he will cleanse Judah and Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Then
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.
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.
Amplified
Then Josiah burned the bones of the [pagan] priests on their altars and purged and cleansed 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.
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,
Themes
The Dead » Even bones of, caused uncleanness
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Submitted to the scepter of josiah
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 34:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Josiah's Reform
4 And they will pull down the altars of the Baals before him, and the images which were above from on high to them he cut down; and the statues and the carved images, and the molten images he break in pieces and beat small, and he will strew upon the face of the graves of those sacrificing to them. 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and he will cleanse Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim, and Simeon, and even to Naphtali he proved their houses round about
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 13:2
And be will call upon the altar in the word of Jehovah, and he will say, O altar, altar! thus said Jehovah, Behold, a son was born to the house of David, Josiah his name; and he sacrificed upon thee, the priests of the heights burning incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
Numbers 35:33
And ye shall not pollute the land which ye are in it: for blood it will pollute the land: and for the land it will not be expiated for the blood which was poured out upon it but by the blood of him shedding.
2 Kings 23:16
And Josiah will turn and see the tombs which were there in the mount, and he will send and take the bones from the tombs and burn upon the altar, and he will defile it according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God called who called these words.
2 Kings 23:20
And he will sacrifice all the priests of the heights which were there upon the altars, and he will burn the bones of man upon them, and he will turn back to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:7
And he will pull down the altars and the statues, and the carved images he beat down to make fine, and he cut down all the images in all the land of Israel, and he will turn back to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 3:10
And also in all this her faithless sister Judah turned not back to me with all the heart, but in falsehood, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash from evil to thy heart so that thou shalt be saved. How long shall purposes of thy vanity lodge in the midst of thee?
Jeremiah 8:1-2
In that time, says Jehovah, and they shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his chiefs, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
Ezekiel 22:24
Son of man, say to her, Thou a land not being cleansed; it was not rained upon in the day of anger.