2 Reis 23:16

16 E, virando-se Josias, viu as sepulturas que estavam ali no monte, e mandou tirar os ossos das sepulturas e os queimou sobre aquele altar, e assim o profanou, conforme a palavra do Senhor proclamada pelo homem de Deus que predissera estas coisas.

2 Reis 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned himself
From the high place, and the altar at Bethel; for he not only gave orders for the destroying of idolatrous places and idols, but he saw them executed himself:

he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount;
the graves of idolatrous priests and worshippers, who chose to be buried near those places of idolatry; nor was it unusual for persons to be buried on hills and mountains, see ( Joshua 24:30 Joshua 24:33 ) and this was a custom in other nations formerly ^F20, particularly among the Indians ^F21 now, who in many things agree with the Jews:

and sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon
the altar;
where they had sacrificed to idols:

and polluted it;
with their bones, which, according to the law, were defiling, and which was done in contempt of their idolatrous worship there:

according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who
proclaimed these words;
or things; foretold that such a king by name would arise, and burn men's bones upon the altar, and which had been foretold more than three hundred and fifty years before this time.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Vid. Servium in Virgil. Aeneid. 11. ver 849. "fuit ingens monte sub alto".
F21 Manasseh ben Israel Spes Israelis. sect 6. p. 29.

2 Reis 23:16 In-Context

14 Semelhantemente quebrou as colunas, e cortou os aserins, e encheu os seus lugares de ossos de homens

15 Igualmente o altar que estava em Betel, e o alto feito por Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, que fizera Israel pecar, esse altar e o alto ele os derrubou; queimando o alto, reduziu-o a pó, e queimou a Asera.

16 E, virando-se Josias, viu as sepulturas que estavam ali no monte, e mandou tirar os ossos das sepulturas e os queimou sobre aquele altar, e assim o profanou, conforme a palavra do Senhor proclamada pelo homem de Deus que predissera estas coisas.

17 Então perguntou: Que monumento é este que vejo? Responderam- lhe os homens da cidade: É a sepultura do homem de Deus que veio de Judá e predisse estas coisas que acabas de fazer contra este altar de Betel.

18 Ao que disse Josias: Deixai-o estar; ninguém mexa nos seus ossos. Deixaram estar, pois, os seus ossos juntamente com os do profeta que viera de Samária.