2 Chronicles 34:5

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Ossa præterea sacerdotum combussit in altaribus idolorum, mundavitque Judam et Jerusalem.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah Dealing with Conflict God’s Plan to Restore Remove the Evil

Related verses

1 Kings 13:2
And 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 places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
2 Chronicles 34:7
He 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.
Numbers 35:33
Do 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.
2 Kings 23:20
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 3:10
Yet 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.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
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.’
2 Kings 23:16
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.
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 graves.

Parallels

1 Kings 13:1–10 2 Kings 23:4–20

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Ashurbanipal Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Kidron Kohath, Kohathites Merari, Merarite

Topics

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Submitted to the Scepter of Josiah Religious Zeal: Josiah The Dead: Even Bones of, Caused Uncleanness Tribe of Simeon: Idolatry of

2 Chronicles 34:5

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