2 Kings 23:13-20

English Standard Version

¹³ And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of ^(A)the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for ^(B)Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for ^(C)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for ^(D)Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. ¹⁴ And he broke in pieces the ^(E)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 ^(F)by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(G)who made Israel to sin, ^(H)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, ^(I)according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things. ¹⁷ Then he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the men of the city told him, ^(J)“It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted^[b] these things that you have done against the altar at Bethel.” ¹⁸ And he said, “Let him be; let no man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones ^(K)of the prophet who came out of Samaria. ¹⁹ And Josiah removed all the shrines also of the high places that were ^(L)in the cities of Samaria, which kings of Israel had made, provoking the Lord to anger. He did to them according to all that he had done at Bethel. ²⁰ And ^(M)he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, ^(N)and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.