2 Kings 23:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar.  He defiled it according to the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God  who proclaimed these things.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things.

2 Kings 23:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 13:32

for the message that he cried out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel  and against all the shrines of the high places  in the cities of Samaria  is certain to happen.’

2 Kings 23:14

He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,  cut down the Asherah poles,  then filled their places with human bones.

Ezekiel 6:5

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away,   but my words will never pass away.

John 10:35

If he called those to whom the word   of God came “gods” #– #and the Scripture   cannot be broken #– #