2 Kings 23:20 meaning and explanation
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 23:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Josiah is completing his reform in the former northern kingdom, where he has torn down the shrines the kings of Israel had built. Slaughtering the priests of the high places and burning bones on their altars carried the defilement of verse 14 to its end, making those sites permanently unfit for worship.
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