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Now when Josiahturned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it 1according to the word of the LORDwhich the man of Godproclaimed, whoproclaimedthesethings.
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Then he said, "What is thismonument that I see?" And the men of the citytold him, "2It is the grave of the man of Godwhocame from Judah and proclaimedthesethingswhich you have doneagainst the altar of Bethel."
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He said, "Let him alone; let noonedisturb his bones." So they left his bonesundisturbed3with the bones of the prophetwhocame from Samaria.