2 Kings 23:18

18 And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet, that came out of Samaria.

2 Kings 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:18

And he said, let him alone, let no man move his bones
Not take them out of the grave, as they had done the rest:

so they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came
out of Samaria;
the old prophet, whereby his end was answered in being buried with him, ( 1 Kings 13:31 1 Kings 13:32 ) .

2 Kings 23:18 In-Context

16 And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things.
17 And he said: What is that monument which I see? And the men of that city answered: It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Juda, and foretold these things which thou hast done upon the altar of Bethel.
18 And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet, that came out of Samaria.
19 Moreover all the temples of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josias took away: and he did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel
20 And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars; and he burnt men’s bones upon them: and returned to Jerusalem.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is in the public domain.