Skip to main content

2 Kings 23:16

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.

KJV

Et conversus Josias, vidit ibi sepulchra quæ erant in monte : misitque et tulit ossa de sepulchris, et combussit ea super altare, et polluit illud juxta verbum Domini quod locutus est vir Dei, qui prædixerat verba hæc.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξένευσεν Ἰωσείας καὶ εἶδεν τοὺς τάφους ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐκ τῶν τάφων καὶ κατέκαυσεν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἐμίανεν αὐτὸ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ὃ ἐλάλησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἑστάναι Ἰεροβοὰμ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον. καὶ ἐπιστρέψας ἦρεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ λαλήσαντος τοὺς λόγους τούτους,

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּ֣פֶן יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ וַ/יַּ֨רְא אֶת הַ/קְּבָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר שָׁם֙ בָּ/הָ֔ר וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח אֶת הָֽ/עֲצָמוֹת֙ מִן הַ/קְּבָרִ֔ים וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֥ף עַל הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וַֽ/יְטַמְּאֵ֑/הוּ כִּ/דְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר קָרָא֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֔א אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים הָ/אֵֽלֶּה

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People Josiah

In the original Hebrew

22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
טָמֵ֥א
tm'
verb · 162×
י
y
noun · 126×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ
y'shyhv
proper_noun · 53×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קָ֑בֶר
qbr
noun · 67×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 13:1 — And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
  • 1Kgs 13:32 — For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
  • 1Kgs 13:32 — For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
  • 2Kgs 23:14 — And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.