2 Kings 23:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 23:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 23:16 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 23:16 — KJV
“And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.”
— 2 Kings 23:16 (KJV)
2 Kings 23:16 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 23:16
“And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. abominable...: Heb. abominations”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:16: mount, took, altar
“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:16: according, word, lord
“And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:16: mount, according, word
“And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:16: took, word, lord
“And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:16: sent, word, lord
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