2 Kings 23:16 Meaning and Explanation
“And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.”
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Read Full Chapter →Josiah burns bones from nearby tombs on the Bethel altar, fulfilling a prophecy spoken long before.
What Does 2 Kings 23:16 Mean?
Noticing tombs on the hillside, Josiah takes the bones from them and burns them on the Bethel altar to defile it. The narrator notes that this fulfills a word spoken generations earlier by a man of God, who had foretold this very deed.
Long ago a prophet had named this exact act, even naming Josiah by name (1 Kings 13:2). The Lord's word does not fall to the ground; what He speaks comes to pass in its time. Here the patient certainty of God's promises is displayed, a comfort to all who trust what He has said.
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What does 2 Kings 23:16 mean?
Josiah burns bones from nearby tombs on the Bethel altar, fulfilling a prophecy spoken long before.