2 Kings 23:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ Then Yoshiyahu turned, and saw the tombs that were there on 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 יהוה  which the man of Elohim proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs across on the mount, and he sent and brought the bones out of the tombs and burned them upon the altar and defiled it, in fulfillment of the word of the Lord which the man of God prophesied, who predicted these things [about this altar, naming Josiah before he was born]. [I Kings 13:2-5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When Josiah turned around, he noticed tombs up on the hillside. So he ordered the bones to be taken out of the tombs. He then burned them on the altar, desecrating it. (This was in agreement with the word that the LORD announced by the man of God when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival.) Josiah then turned and saw the tomb of the man of God who had predicted these things.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And in that place Josiah, turning, saw the sepulchers which were on the mount. And he sent and took the bones from the sepulchers. And he burned them upon the altar, and he defiled it in accord with the word of the Lord, which was spoken by the man of God, who had predicted these events.

2 Kings 23:16 Cross References

1 Kings 13:32

“For the word which he cried out, by the word of יהוה, against the altar in Bĕ

2 Kings 23:14

And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Ashĕ

Ezekiel 6:5

and lay the corpses of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Matthew 24:35

“The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

John 10:35

“If He called them elohim, to whom the word of Elohim came – and it is impossible for the Scripture to be broken –