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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_sacrificed DOM all_of the_priests_of the_high_places who [were]_there on the_altars and_burned DOM bones_of humankind on_them and_returned Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
OET (OET-RV) He executed all the priests from those hilltop shrines on the altars there, and then he burnt human bones on them to desecrate them. Then he returned to Yerushalem.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) He slaughtered … he burned
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_sacrificed DOM all/each/any/every priests_of the,high_places which/who there on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,altars and,burned DOM bones_of humankind on,them and,returned Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )
It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people, perhaps Hilkiah and “the priests under him” (2 Kings 23:4), might have helped Josiah do these things.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) he burned human bones on them
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_sacrificed DOM all/each/any/every priests_of the,high_places which/who there on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,altars and,burned DOM bones_of humankind on,them and,returned Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )
You may need to make explicit why he burned the bones. “he burned human bones on them so no one would use them again”
23:19-20 pagan shrines . . . of Samaria: Josiah’s religious purge extended throughout the former northern kingdom (see also 2 Chr 34:6-7). Josiah’s freedom to carry out such reforms testifies to his strength and Assyria’s growing weakness (see study note on 2 Kgs 23:29).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_sacrificed DOM all_of the_priests_of the_high_places who [were]_there on the_altars and_burned DOM bones_of humankind on_them and_returned Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
OET (OET-RV) He executed all the priests from those hilltop shrines on the altars there, and then he burnt human bones on them to desecrate them. Then he returned to Yerushalem.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.