2-kings 23:20
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned men's bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned men's bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And all the priests of the high places there he put to death on the altars, burning the bones of the dead on them; and then he went back to Jerusalem.
Webster's Revision
And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
Clarke's 2-kings 23:20 Bible Commentary
Slew all the priests - The lives of these, as corrupters of the people, were forfeited to the law.
Barnes's 2-kings 23:20 Bible Commentary
Here, as in 2 Kings 23:16, Josiah may have regarded himself as bound to act as he did (marginal reference "b"). Excepting on account of the prophecy, he would scarcely have slain the priests upon the altars.
Wesley's 2-kings 23:20 Bible Commentary
23:20 The priests - By this relation it appears, that after the departure of the king of Assyria, divers of the Israelites who had retired to other parts, and kept themselves out of the conqueror's hands, returned together with their priests to their own land, and to their old trade, worshipping idols; to whom, peradventure, they ascribed this their deliverance from that judgment which Jehovah had brought upon them. And burnt - According to that famous prophecy, 13:1 ,2.
