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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

Context of 2 Chronicles 34:5

3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols. 4Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem. 6In the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them, 7he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols to powder and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he went back 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 13:2By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’ ”
• 2 Kings 23:16Then Josiah looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.
• Jeremiah 8:1“ ‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
• 2 Chronicles 34:7he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols to powder and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem.
• Numbers 35:33“ ‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
• Jeremiah 3:10In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 4:14Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
• Ezekiel 22:24“Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’

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
• Simeon
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• 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