2 Reis 23:16

16 Quando Josias olhou em volta e viu os túmulos que havia na encosta da colina, mandou retirar os ossos dos túmulos e queimá-los no altar a fim de contaminá-lo, conforme a palavra do SENHOR proclamada pelo homem de Deus que predisse essas 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 Josias despedaçou as colunas sagradas, derrubou os postes sagrados e cobriu os locais com ossos humanos.

15 Até o altar de Betel, o altar idólatra edificado por Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, que levou Israel a pecar; até aquele altar e o seu santuário ele os demoliu. Queimou o santuário e o reduziu a pó, queimando também o poste sagrado.

16 Quando Josias olhou em volta e viu os túmulos que havia na encosta da colina, mandou retirar os ossos dos túmulos e queimá-los no altar a fim de contaminá-lo, conforme a palavra do SENHOR proclamada pelo homem de Deus que predisse essas coisas.

17 O rei perguntou: “Que monumento é este que estou vendo?”Os homens da cidade disseram: “É o túmulo do homem de Deus que veio de Judá e proclamou estas coisas que tu fizeste ao altar de Betel”.

18 Então ele disse: “Deixem-no em paz. Ninguém toque nos seus ossos”. Assim pouparam seus ossos bem como os do profeta que tinha vindo de Samaria.