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2 Kings 23:16

Josiah

14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

15 He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

And 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 man of God who had foretold these things.

17 Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

18 “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

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BSB
And 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 man of God who had foretold these things.
KJV
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
WEB
As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
ASV
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
DARBY
And Josiah turned himself, and saw the sepulchres that were there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah, that the man of God had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
BLB
And Josiah turned, and he saw the tombs that [were] there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and he burned [them] on the altar and defiled it according to the word of YHWH that the man of God had proclaimed, who had proclaimed these words.
ÅB
Da Josias vendte seg om og så gravene som var der på fjellet, sendte han folk dit og lot benene ta ut av gravene og brenne opp på alteret og gjorde det urent etter Herrens ord, det som den Guds mann hadde utropt, han som ropte ut at dette skulle skje.
OTB
Da Josjia snudde seg, så han gravene som var der på fjellet, og han sendte menn og tok benene fra gravene og brente dem på alteret, og vanhelliget det, i samsvar med Herrens ord som Guds mann hadde forkynt, som hadde forkynt disse tingene.
B1930
Da Josias vendte sig om og så gravene som var der på fjellet, sendte han folk dit og lot benene ta ut av gravene og brenne op på alteret og gjorde det urent efter Herrens ord, det som den Guds mann hadde utropt, han som ropte ut at dette skulde skje.

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  • 1 Kings 13:1–2

    Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 13:32

    for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

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  • John 10:35

    If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

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  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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