2 Kings 23:16 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 23:16

14 And he ^abroke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place ^awhich Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.

16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on 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 ^aword of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

17 Then he said, “What gravestone is this that I see?” So the men of the city told him, “It is ^athe tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

18 And he said, “Let him alone; let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of ^athe prophet who came from Samaria.

19 Now Josiah also took away all the shrines of the² high places that were ^ain the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke³ the Lord to anger; and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.

20 ^aHe ^bexecuted all the priests of the¹ high places who were there, on the altars, and ^cburned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, ^a“Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, ^bas it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

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Definitions of words in 2 Kings 23:16:

Altar {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Altar {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Josiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Josiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Josiah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Saw {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sent {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing 2 Kings 23:16:

Jeremiah {Easton's}
God, 2 {I.S.B.E.}
Judah, Territory Of {I.S.B.E.}
Old Prophet, The {I.S.B.E.}

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