2 Kings

2 Kings 23:16

¹⁶And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.^g

Footnotes

g 23:16 See 1 Kings 13:2|1KI 13:2; Hebrew; LXX includes when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast. And he turned and lifted his eyes to the tomb of the man of God.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And as Josiah	יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ	yō·šî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2977 Joshijah
turned	וַיִּ֣פֶן	way·yi·p̄en	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6437 turn
he saw	וַיַּ֨רְא	way·yar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
the tombs	הַקְּבָרִ֤ים	haq·qə·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6913 grave, sepulchre
there	שָׁם֙	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
on the hillside	בָּהָ֔ר	bā·hār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and he sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
someone to take	וַיִּקַּ֤ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
the bones	הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙	hā·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self
out of	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the tombs	הַקְּבָרִ֔ים	haq·qə·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6913 grave, sepulchre
and he burned them	וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף	way·yiś·rōp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8313 burn
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ	ham·miz·bê·aḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
to defile it	וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ	way·ṭam·mə·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H2930 be or become unclean
according to the word	כִּדְבַ֣ר	kiḏ·ḇar	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
of the LORD	יְהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
proclaimed	קָרָא֙	qā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
by the man	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
had foretold	קָרָ֔א	qā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
these	הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
things	הַדְּבָרִ֖ים	had·də·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word

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