2 Kings 23:20

Easy To Read Version

Josiah killed all the priests of the high places that were in Samaria. He killed the priests on those altars. He burned men’s bones on the altars. {In this way he ruined those places of worship.} Then he went back to Jerusalem.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:2

The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. He said,

1 Kings 18:40

Then Elijah said, “Get the prophets of Baal! [207] Don’t let any of them escape!” So the people captured all the prophets. Then Elijah led them down to Kishon Creek. At that place he killed all the prophets.

2 Kings 10:25

Quickly after Jehu had finished offering the burnt offering, he said to the guards and to the captains, “Go in and kill the worshipers of Baal! Don’t let any person come out of the temple alive!”

2 Kings 11:18

Then all the people went to the temple of {the false god} Baal. The people destroyed the statue of Baal, and they destroyed his altars. [141] They broke them into many, many pieces. The people also killed Baal’s priest, Mattan, in front of the altars.

2 Chronicles 34:5

Josiah even burned the bones of the priests that had served the Baal gods on their own altars. This is how Josiah destroyed idols and idol worship from Judah and Jerusalem.

Exodus 22:19

“You must not allow any person to have sexual relations with an animal. If this happens, then that person must be killed.

Exodus 22:20

“If any person makes a sacrifice [143] to a false god, then that person should be destroyed. The Lord God is the only one you should make sacrifices to.

Isaiah 34:6

Why? Because the Lord decided there should be a time for killing in Bozrah {\cf2\super [317]} and in Edom.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places. [445] I will cut down your incense [446] altars. [447] I will put your dead bodies on the dead bodies of your idols. [448] You will be very disgusting to me.

Deuteronomy 13:5

Also, you must kill that prophet or person that explains dreams. Why? Because he told you to turn against the Lord your God. And it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves. That person tried to pull you away from the life the Lord your God commanded you to live. So you must kill that person to remove that evil from your people.