New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Kings 23:15-19
15Furthermore, 1the altar that was at Bethel and the 2high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. Then he 34demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.
16Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it 5according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
17Then he said, “What is this monument that I see?” And the men of the city told him, “6It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.”
18He said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they 7left his bones undisturbed 8with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
19Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were 9in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking 10the Lord; and he did to them 11just as he had done in Bethel.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 23:15 1 Kin 13:1 ↩
- 2. 2 Kings 23:15 1 Kin 12:28-33 ↩
- 3. 2 Kings 23:15 So the Gr; Heb burned the high place ↩
- 4. 2 Kings 23:15 2 Kin 23:6 ↩
- 5. 2 Kings 23:16 1 Kin 13:2 ↩
- 6. 2 Kings 23:17 1 Kin 13:1, 30, 31 ↩
- 7. 2 Kings 23:18 Lit let his bones escape with ↩
- 8. 2 Kings 23:18 1 Kin 13:11, 31 ↩
- 9. 2 Kings 23:19 2 Chr 34:6, 7 ↩
- 10. 2 Kings 23:19 So with ancient versions ↩
- 11. 2 Kings 23:19 Lit according to all the acts ↩
Commentaries on 2 Kings 23
- 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
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