2 Kings 23:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them, and went back to Yerushalayim.

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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 he cried out against the altar by the word of יהוה, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus said יהוה, ‘See, a son is to be born to the house of Dawiḏ

1 Kings 18:40

And Ě

2 Kings 10:25

And it came to be, when he had finished making the burnt offering, Yĕ

2 Kings 11:18

And all the people of the land went to the house of Baʽ

2 Chronicles 34:5

And he burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Yehuḏ

Exodus 22:19

“Anyone lying with a beast shall certainly be put to death.

Exodus 22:20

“He who slaughters to a mighty one, except to יהוה  only, is put under the ban.

Isaiah 34:6

“The sword of יהוה  shall be filled with blood, it shall be made overflowing with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For יהוה  has a slaughtering in Botsrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Eḏ

Leviticus 26:30

‘And I shall destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and put your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. And My being shall loathe you.

Deuteronomy 13:5

“And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה  your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and redeemed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה  your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.