Chronicles II 34:5

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem.

Chronicles II 34:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars
On which they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, above three hundred and fifty years before:

and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem;
from idolatry, and all the monuments of it.

Chronicles II 34:5 In-Context

3 And in the eighth year of his reign, and he yet a youth, he began to seek the Lord God of his father David: and in the twelfth year of his reign he began to purge Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the ornaments for the altars, and the molten images.

4 And he pulled down the altars of Baalim that were before his face, and the high places that were above them; and he cut down the groves, and the graven images, and broke in pieces the molten images, and reduced them to powder, and cast upon the surface of the tombs of those who sacrificed to them.

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem.

6 And in the cities of Manasse, and Ephraim, and Symeon, and Nephthali, and the places round about them.

7 And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.