2 Kings 23:16
ContextNETBible | When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; 1 he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord’s announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah 2 turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this. 3 |
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1 tn Heb “and he sent and took the bones from the tombs.” 2 tn Heb “the king”; this has been specified as “King Josiah” in the translation for clarity (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT). 3 tc The MT is much shorter than this. It reads, “according to the word of the sn This recalls the prophecy recorded in 1 Kgs 13:2. |