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16 When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the LORD's announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this. 17 He asked, |What is this grave marker I see?| The men from the city replied, |It's the grave of the prophet who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.| 18 The king said, |Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.| So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him. 2 Kings 23:16-18, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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