2 Kings 23:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ And he said, “Let him alone, let no one move his bones.” So they left his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came from Shomeron.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ He said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. [I Kings 13:31, 32.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ “Let it be,” Josiah said. “No one should disturb his bones.” So they left his bones untouched, along with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he said: "Permit him. Let no one move his bones." And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived from Samaria.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

2 Kings 23:18 Cross References

1 Kings 13:29

And the prophet lifted up the body of the man of Elohim, and placed it on the donkey, and brought it back. And the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him,

1 Kings 13:31

And it came to be, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then you shall bury me in the burial-site where the man of Elohim is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.