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2 Kings 23:16-19

16 Then Josiah looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.

17 The king asked, “What is that tombstone I see?”
The men of the city said, “It marks the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced against the altar of Bethel the very things you have done to it.”

18 “Leave it alone,” he said. “Don’t let anyone disturb his bones.” So they spared his bones and those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

19 Just as he had done at Bethel, Josiah removed and defiled all the shrines at the high places that the kings of Israel had built in the towns of Samaria that had provoked the Lord to anger.

Cross References for 2 Kings 23:16-19

Matthew 24:35 - Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Click to read the verse Matthew 24:35 Click to read the verse Matthew 24:35

2 Kings 23:14 - Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with huma... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:14 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:14

1 Kings 13:1-2 - The Man of God From Judah By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Je... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 13:1-2 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 13:1-2

Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:30 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:30

Jeremiah 8:1 - “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 8:1 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 8:1

Amos 6:10 - And if a relative who is to burn the bodies comes to carry them out of the house and asks anyon... Click to read the verse Amos 6:10 Click to read the verse Amos 6:10

1 Kings 13:32 - For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 13:32 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 13:32

John 10:35 - If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken— Click to read the verse John 10:35 Click to read the verse John 10:35

2 Chronicles 34:5 - He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem. Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 34:5 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 34:5

Ezekiel 6:5 - I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your b... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:5 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:5