20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned(A) it in the fire; then he ground it to powder,(B) scattered it on the water(C) and made the Israelites drink it.

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20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

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30 I will destroy your high places,(A) cut down your incense altars(B) and pile your dead bodies[a] on the lifeless forms of your idols,(C) and I will abhor(D) you.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:30 Or your funeral offerings

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

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11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah(A) had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court[a] near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?(A)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

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For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

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