2 Chronicles 34:5

2 Chronicles 34:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

Context of 2 Chronicles 34:5

3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images. 4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the shrines that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines. 7He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the shrines throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:5 word by word

וְעַצְמוֹת֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שָׂרַ֖ף עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם וַיְטַהֵ֥ר אֶת־יְהוּדָ֖ה וְאֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he burntשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• of the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• upon their altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• and cleansedטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 34:5

• 1 Kings 13:2The man of God cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says, ‘A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”
• 2 Kings 23:16As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar. He defiled it according to the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who proclaimed these things.
• Jeremiah 8:1“At that time” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of her officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the residents of Jerusalem will be brought out of their graves.
• 2 Chronicles 34:7He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the shrines throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.
• Numbers 35:33“Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
• Jeremiah 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to me with all her heart — only in pretense.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbor malicious thoughts?
• Ezekiel 22:24“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.’

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He burnt the bones of the priests - כומריא kumeraiya, the kemarim, says the Targum. See this word explained, 2 Kings 23:5; (note).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars--A greater brand of infamy could not have been put on idolatrous priests than the disinterment of their bones, and a greater defilement could not have been done to the altars of idolatry than the burning upon them the bones of those who had there officiated in their lifetime.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 34:5

• Ephraim
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In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Coupling
• Covenant
• Josiah
• Kidron, the Brook
• Music
• Shaphan

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings