II Kings 23:16
The Scripture
(16) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Josiah read the Book of the Law to the people and renewed the covenant with the LORD, then purged Judah and Jerusalem of idols, high places, and idolatrous priests, even defiling the altar at Bethel. He then celebrated a great Passover unlike any since the days of the judges, though the LORD's anger against Judah for Manasseh's sins remained.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Kings 13:1I Kings 13:2I Kings 13:32Matthew 24:35John 10:35
Related verses (shared words)
Jeremiah 8:1Deuteronomy 9:15II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Matthew 23:27II Kings 23:34