Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things. burned. 1 Kings 13:1,2,32 And behold there came a man of God out of Juda, by the word of the Lord, to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing upon the altar, and burning incense. . . . Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass. John 10:35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken: who proclaimed. Context Josiah Destroys Idolatry…15Moreover, the altar also that was at Bethel, and the high place, which Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made: both the altar, and the high place, he broke down and burnt, and reduced to powder, and burnt the grove. 16And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things.17And he said: What is that monument which I see? And the men of that city answered: It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Juda, and foretold these things which thou hast done upon the altar of Bethel.… Cross References 1 Kings 13:2 And he cried out against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said: O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord: Behold a child shall be born to the house of David, Josias by name, and he shall immolate upon thee the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon thee, and he shall burn men's bones upon thee. 2 Kings 23:14 And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men. Ezekiel 6:5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter your bones round about your altars, Lexicon And as Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ (yō·šî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2977: Josiah -- 'Yah supports', two Israelites turned, וַיִּ֣פֶן (way·yi·p̄en) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look he saw וַיַּ֨רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see the tombs הַקְּבָרִ֤ים (haq·qə·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6913: A grave, sepulcher there שָׁם֙ (šām) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither on the hillside, בָּהָ֔ר (bā·hār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country and he sent וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (way·yiš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out someone to take וַיִּקַּ֤ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take the bones הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ (hā·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame out of מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of the tombs, הַקְּבָרִ֔ים (haq·qə·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6913: A grave, sepulcher and he burned וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (way·yiś·rōp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8313: To be, on fire them on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar to defile it, וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ (way·ṭam·mə·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean according to the word כִּדְבַ֣ר (kiḏ·ḇar) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel proclaimed קָרָא֙ (qā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read by the man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person of God הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that had foretold קָרָ֔א (qā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read these הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those things. הַדְּבָרִ֖ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Additional Translations And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them on the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words. And Josiah turned himself, and saw the sepulchres that were there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah, that the man of God had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. And as Josiah turned himself, he espied the sepulchers that were there on the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in 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 word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that are there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth them on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. 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