2 Chronicles 34:5
And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols, and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
In Context
6And in the cities of Manasses, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Nephtali he demolished all.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:2And he cried out against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said: O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord: Behold a child shall be born to the house of David, Josias by name, and he shall immolate upon thee the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon thee, and he shall burn men's bones upon thee.
2 Kings 23:20And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars: and he burnt men's bones upon them: and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:33And Josias took away all the abominations out of all the countries of the children of Israel: and made all that were left in Israel, to serve the Lord their God. As long as he lived they departed not from the Lord the God of their fathers.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?
Ezekiel 22:24Son of man, say to her: Thou art a land that is unclean, and not rained upon in the day of wrath.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 34:2-8
The Reign of Josiah. ( b. c. 623.) 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and… Read the whole commentary →