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18 Josiah[a] replied, “Leave him alone. No one is to disturb his bones.” So they preserved his bones undisturbed, along with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria. 19 Josiah also removed all of the temples on the high places that had been in the cities of Samaria and that the kings of Israel had erected, thereby provoking the Lord.[b] He treated Samaria[c] just as he had Bethel. 20 After he had slaughtered all the priests who served at the high places and burned their bones on those high places, he returned to Jerusalem.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:18 Lit. He
  2. 2 Kings 23:19 So LXX. The Heb. lacks the Lord
  3. 2 Kings 23:19 Lit. them