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531 Topheth defiled. Burns bones on altar at Bethel 2 KINGS 23:7-20
ground it to dust and cast its
dust upon the burial place a of the
sons of the people. 7 Further,
he pulled down the houses of the
male temple prostitutes b that
were in the house of Jehovah,
where the women were weaving
tent shrines for the sacred pole.
8 Then he brought all the
priests from the cities of Judah,
that he might make unfit for
worship the high places where
the priests had made sacrificial
smoke, from Geba c as far as Beer-sheba;
d and he pulled down
the high places of the gates that
were at the entrance of the gate
of Joshua, the chief of the city,
which was at the left as a person
came into the gate of the
city. 9 Only the priests e of the
high places would not come up
to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem,
but they ate unfermented f
cakes in among their brothers.
10 Andhemadeunfitforworship
Topheth, g which is in the
valley of the sons of Hinnom, h
that no one might make his son
or his daughter pass through the
fire i to Molech. j 11 Further, he
caused the horses that the kings
of Judah had given to the sun
to cease from entering the house
of Jehovah by the dining room k
of Nathan-melech the court official,
which was in the porticoes;
and the chariots of the sun l he
burned in the fire. 12 And the
altars that were upon the roof of
the roof m chamber of Ahaz that
the kings of Judah had made,
and the altars n that Ma·nasseh
had made in two courtyards
of the house of Jehovah, the
king pulled down, after which he
crushed them there, and he cast
their dust into the torrent val-
CHAP. 23
a 2Ch 34:4
b Le 18:22
Ro 1:27
1Co 6:9
1Ti 1:10
Jude 7
c Jos 21:17
1Ki 15:22
d Ge 21:31
1Ki 19:3
e Eze 44:10
Mal 2:8
f 1Sa 2:36
Eze 44:29
g Isa 30:33
Jer 7:31
Jer 19:6
Jer 19:11
h Jos 15:8
i 2Ki 16:3
j Jer 32:35
k 1Sa 1:9
Ne 10:38
Jer 35:2
l De 4:19
Eze 8:16
m Jer 19:13
Zep 1:5
n 2Ki 21:5
2Ch 33:5
o Zec 14:4
Ac 1:12
p 1Ki 11:7
q 1Ki 11:5
1Ki 11:33
Second Col.
a Nu 21:29
Jer 48:13
b Zep 1:5
c Ex 23:24
De 7:5
2Ch 34:3
d 1Ki 12:33
e 1Ki 12:28
2Ch 34:6
f 1Ki 14:16
1Ki 15:30
g 2Ch 34:5
h Nu 23:19
Isa 44:26
i 1Ki 13:2
j 1Ki 13:30
1Ki 13:31
k 1Ki 13:1
l 1Ki 12:33
m Isa 57:2
n 1Ki 13:29
o 1Ki 12:31
1Ki 13:32
p 2Ki 17:9
2Ch 34:6
q 1Ki 13:33
1Ki 16:33
Mic 6:16
r 2Ki 17:17
Ps 78:58
Jer 7:18
s 1Ki 12:29
2Ki 10:29
t Ex 22:20
De 13:5
ley of Kidron. 13 And the high
places that were in front o of Jerusalem,
that were to the right
of the Mount of Ruination, that
Solo·mon p the king of Israel
had built to Ashto·reth q the disgusting
thing of the Si·doni·ans
and to Chemosh a the disgusting
thing of Moab and to Milcom b
the detestable thing of the sons
of Ammon, the king made unfit
for worship. 14 And he broke c
the sacred pillars to pieces and
went on to cut down the sacred
poles and to fill their places with
human bones. 15 And also the
altar that was in Bethel, d the
high place that Jer·o·boam e the
son of Nebat, who caused Israel
to sin, f had made, even that altar
and the high place he pulled
down. Then he burned the high
place; he ground it to dust and
burned the sacred pole.
16 When Jo·siah turned, he
got to see the burial places
that were there in the mountain.
So he sent and took the
bones from the burial places and
burned g them upon the altar,
that he might make it unfit for
worship, according to Jehovah’s
word h that the man of the true
God had proclaimed, i who proclaimed
these things. 17 Then
he said: “What is the gravestone
over there that I am seeing?” At
this the men of the city said to
him: “It is the burial place j of
the man of the true God that
came from Judah k and proceeded
to proclaim these things that
you have done against the altar
of Bethel.” l 18 So he said:
“Let him rest. m Do not let anyone
disturb his bones.” Consequently
they let his bones alone along
with the bones of the prophet n
that had come from Sa·mari·a.
19 And also all the houses o
of the high places that were in
the cities p of Sa·mari·a that the
kings q of Israel had built to cause
offense r Jo·siah removed, and he
went on to do to them according
to all the doings that he had done
at Bethel. s 20 Accordingly he
sacrificed all the priests t of the
high places that were there upon
the altars and burned human