2 Kings 23:14-16
English Standard Version
14 And he broke in pieces the (A)pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.
15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected (B)by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (C)who made Israel to sin, (D)that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned,[a] reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah. 16 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, (E)according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.
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- 2 Kings 23:15 Septuagint broke in pieces its stones
2 Kings 23:14-16
New International Version
14 Josiah smashed(A) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(B)
15 Even the altar(C) at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam(D) son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also. 16 Then Josiah(E) looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance(F) with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.
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