2 Chronicles 34:5
What does 2 Chronicles 34:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 34:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he had the bones of the priests burned on their altars, and so he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols, and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
Context
v.4And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
v.5This passage
v.6And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 34:7
And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
- 1 Kings 13:2
And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.
- 2 Kings 23:16
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
- 2 Kings 23:20
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.