2 Kings 23:14
Context23:14 He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines 1 with human bones.
2 Kings 23:16
Context23:16 When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; 2 he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord’s announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah 3 turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this. 4
2 Kings 23:20
Context23:20 He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.


[23:14] 1 tn Heb “their places.”
[23:16] 2 tn Heb “and he sent and took the bones from the tombs.”
[23:16] 3 tn Heb “the king”; this has been specified as “King Josiah” in the translation for clarity (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).
[23:16] 4 tc The MT is much shorter than this. It reads, “according to the word of the