2 Kings 23:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 23:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 23:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 2 Kings 23:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
2 Kings 23:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.”
2 Kings 23:16 — World English Bible
2 Kings 23:16 ASV — 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.”
2 Kings 23:16 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 23:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that <FI>are<Fi> there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth <FI>them<Fi> on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.”
2 Kings 23:16 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 23:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Josiah turned himself, and saw the sepulchres that were there on 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, that the man of God had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.”
2 Kings 23:16 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 23:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And as Iosiah turned himselfe, he spied the graues, that were in the mount, and sent and tooke the bones out of the graues, and burnt them vpon the altar and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord, that the man of God proclaimed, which cryed the same wordes.”
2 Kings 23:16 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 23:16 in Context — 2 Kings 23
14 Il brisa les statues et abattit les idoles, et il remplit d’ossements d’hommes la place qu’elles occupaient.
15 Il renversa aussi l’autel qui était à Béthel, et le haut lieu qu’avait fait Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, qui avait fait pécher Israël; il brûla le haut lieu et le réduisit en poussière, et il brûla l’idole.
16 Josias, s’étant tourné et ayant vu les sépulcres qui étaient là dans la montagne, envoya prendre les ossements des sépulcres, et il les brûla sur l’autel et le souilla, selon la parole de l’Éternel prononcée par l’homme de Dieu qui avait annoncé ces choses.
17 Il dit: Quel est ce monument que je vois? Les gens de la ville lui répondirent: C’est le sépulcre de l’homme de Dieu, qui est venu de Juda, et qui a crié contre l’autel de Béthel ces choses que tu as accomplies.
18 Et il dit: Laissez-le; que personne ne remue ses os! On conserva ainsi ses os avec les os du prophète qui était venu de Samarie.
What Does 2 Kings 23:16 Mean?
2 Kings 23:16 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free