King James Version
2 Chronicles 34:5 in the King James Version says “And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.”
2 Chronicles 34:5 · KJV
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images graves: Heb. face of the graves
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. mattocks: or, mauls
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. into: Heb. to make powder
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“of the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and cleansed”
H2891to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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