By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah(A) will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places(B) who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’”

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And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

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Then he cried out against the altar [a]by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child, (A)Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be (B)burned on you.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:2 at the Lord’s command

14 Josiah smashed(A) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(B)

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14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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14 And he (A)broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones(A) around your altars.(B)

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And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

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And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.

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