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2 Kings 23:18

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

KJV

Et ait : Dimitte eum : nemo commoveat ossa ejus. Et intacta manserunt ossa illius cum ossibus prophetæ qui venerat de Samaria.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἄφετε αὐτό, ἀνὴρ μὴ κινησάτωσαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐρύσθησαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὀστῶν τοῦ προφήτου τοῦ ἥκοντος ἐκ Σαμαρείας.

LXX

And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַנִּ֣יחוּ ל֔/וֹ אִ֖ישׁ אַל יָנַ֣ע עַצְמֹתָ֑י/ו וַֽ/יְמַלְּטוּ֙ עַצְמֹתָ֔י/ו אֵ֚ת עַצְמ֣וֹת הַ/נָּבִ֔יא אֲשֶׁר בָּ֖א מִ/שֹּׁמְרֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
verb · 95×
הוּ
hv
verb · 73×
י
y
noun · 126×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
shmrvn
proper_noun · 108×

Historic Christian voices

2 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 13:11 — Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also
  • 1Kgs 13:31 — And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: