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The king breaks down the altar and the high place at Bethel, and burns on the altar the bones taken out of the tombs

왕이 벧엘의 단과 산당을 헐고 묘실에서 해골을 취하여다가 단 위에 불사름

2 Kings 23:15–18: the text says, “Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.” As Josiah turns himself, he spies the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sends, and takes the bones out of the tombs, and burns them on the altar, and defiles it, “according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.” Then he says, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city tell him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.” He says, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. The Korean Revised Version names the king (왕이) at 23:15, where WEB reads “he”, and Josiah at 23:17 (요시야가 이르되), where WEB reads “Then he said”; it names no one who speaks at 23:18 (가로되), where WEB reads “He said”. These verses do not name the man of God or the prophet who came out of Samaria.

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2KI 23:15–18, engwebp
¹⁵Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
¹⁶As 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 the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
¹⁷Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”
¹⁸He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
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Evidence: 2 Kings 23:15–18
The king breaks down the altar and the high place at Bethel, and burns on the altar the bones taken out of the tombs — Narrated location — Bethel

Evidence: 2 Kings 23:15–18

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Entry: The king breaks down the altar and the high place at Bethel, and burns on the altar the bones taken out of the tombs (event-2ki-23-the-king-burns-the-bones-on-the-altar-at-bethel)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/2ki-23-the-king-burns-the-bones-on-the-altar-at-bethel
Current wording: 2 Kings 23:15–18: the text says, “Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.” As Josiah turns himself, he spies the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sends, and takes the bones out of the tombs, and burns them on the altar, and defiles it, “according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.” Then he says, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city tell him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.” He says, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. The Korean Revised Version names the king (왕이) at 23:15, where WEB reads “he”, and Josiah at 23:17 (요시야가 이르되), where WEB reads “Then he said”; it names no one who speaks at 23:18 (가로되), where WEB reads “He said”. These verses do not name the man of God or the prophet who came out of Samaria.
Cited evidence: 2KI 23:15–18, engwebp
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