2 Kings 23:20 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁰ 5 There was no king before him like unto him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with ail his strength, according to all the law of Moses: neither after him did there arise any like him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars and burned men's bones upon them [to defile the places forever]. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

²⁰ He actually slaughtered on those altars all the priests of the shrines who were there, and he burned human bones on them. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And all the priests of the high places, who were in that place, he killed upon the altars. And he burned the bones of the men upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:20 Cross References

1 Kings 13:2

And the king said to the man of God: Come home with me to dine, and I will make thee presents.

1 Kings 18:40

5 And while he turned himself this way and that way, behold the heavens grew dark, with clouds, and wind, and there fell a great rain. And Achab getting up went away to Jezrahel:

2 Kings 10:25

0 And the Lord said to Jehu: Because thou hast diligently executed that which was right and pleasing in my eyes, and hast done to the house of Achab according to all that was in my heart: thy children shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth Generation.

2 Kings 11:18

And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him.

2 Chronicles 34:5

0 Which they delivered into the hands of them that were over the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the temple, and mend all that was weak.

Exodus 22:19

2 You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.

Exodus 22:20

3 If you hurt them they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:

Isaiah 34:6

4 And demons and monsters shall meet, and the hairy ones shall cry out one to another, there hath the lamia lain down, and found rest for herself.

Leviticus 26:30

5 In the enemy's land, she shall keep a sabbath, and rest in the sabbaths of her desolation, because she did not rest in your sabbaths when you dwelt therein.

Deuteronomy 13:5

0 With stones shall he be stoned to death: because he would have withdrawn thee from the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage: