2 Chronicles 34:5 — compare Bible translations

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34:5 OSHB variant note: מזבחותים: (x-qere) ’מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑/ם’: lemma=4196 n=1 morph=HNcmpc/Sp3mp id=14MNm מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑/ם

UHB וְ⁠עַצְמוֹת֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שָׂרַ֖ף עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם [fn] וַ⁠יְטַהֵ֥ר אֶת־יְהוּדָ֖ה וְ⁠אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ‡
(və⁠ˊaʦmōt kohₐnim sāraf ˊal-mizbəḩōtām va⁠yəţahēr ʼet-yəhūdāh və⁠ʼet-yərūshālāim.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ὀστᾶ ἱερέων κατέκαυσεν ἐπὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια, καὶ ἐκαθάρισε τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
(Kai osta hiereōn katekausen epi ta thusiastaʸria, kai ekatharise ton Youdan kai taʸn Hierousalaʸm,)

BrTr And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem.

ULT And the bones of the priests he burned on their altars. And he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem,

UST They burned the bones of the priests who had offered sacrifices; they burned them on their own altars. In that way Josiah caused Jerusalem and other places in Judah to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh again.

BSB Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

OEB No OEB CH2 34:5 book available

WEBBE He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

NET He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

LSV and he has burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleanses Judah and Jerusalem,

FBV He burned the bones of the idolatrous priests on their altars. In this way he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

T4T They burned the bones of the priests who had offered sacrifices; they burned them on their own altars. In that way Josiah caused Jerusalem and other places in Judah to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh again.

LEB And he burned the bones of the priests on the altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

BBE And he had the bones of the priests burned on their altars, and so he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.

Moff He burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, as he purged Judah and Jerusalem,

JPS And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

ASV And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

DRA And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols, and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.

YLT and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,

Drby and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

RV And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
(And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Yudah and Yerusalem.)

SLT And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and he will cleanse Judah and Jerusalem.

Wbstr And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

KJB-1769 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
(And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Yudah and Yerusalem.)

KJB-1611 And hee burnt the bones of the priests vpon their altars, and cleansed Iudah and Ierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And he burnt the bones of the priestes vpon the aulters of them, and clensed Iuda and Hierusalem:
(And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars of them, and cleansed Yudah and Yerusalem:)

Gnva Also he burnt the bones of the Priests vpon their altars, and purged Iudah and Ierusalem.
(Also he burnt the bones of the Priests upon their altars, and purged Yudah and Yerusalem.)

Cvdl And the bones of the prestes brent he vpo the altares, and so clesed he Iuda & Ierusale,
(And the bones of the priests burnt he upon the altars, and so cleansed he Yudah and Yerusalem,)

Wycl Ferthermore he brente the boonys of preestis in the auteris of idols, and he clenside Juda and Jerusalem.
(Furthermore he burnt the bones of priests in the altars of idols, and he cleansed Yudah and Yerusalem.)

Luth Und verbrannte die Gebeine der Priester auf den Altären und reinigte also Juda und Jerusalem,
(And burnt the bones the/of_the priest(s) on/in/to the altars and cleaned also Yuda and Jerusalem,)

ClVg Ossa præterea sacerdotum combussit in altaribus idolorum, mundavitque Judam et Jerusalem.[fn]
(Bones furthermore priests burnt in/into/on altars idols, and_cleaned Yudas and Yerusalem.)

34.5 Ossa præterea. RAB. Ideo combussit sacerdotes in altaribus idolorum, ut ostenderet, quia funesta erant eorum sacrificia qui non solum pecudum hostias dæmoniis offerebant, sed et ipsos idololatriæ tradebant. Hic significat omnes qui diaboli servitio mancipati vitam sacrilegam temporaliter finierant æternis cruciatibus consumendos pro cujusque merito.

34.5 Bones furthermore. RAB. Therefore/For_that_reason burnt priests in/into/on altars idols, as would_show, because pollute_by_murder they_were their sacrifices(n) who/which not/no only cattle sacrifices demons they_offered, but and themselves idolatry they_were_handing_over. Here/This means everyone who/which devils service transferred life sacrilegious temporarily they_had_ended eternal tortures to_be_consumed for each_one deservedly.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) He burned

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[the],bones_of priests burnt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in altars_of,their and,he_cleansed DOM Yehuda and=DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

Josiah probably commanded his workers to do much or all of this work. Alternate translation: [He commanded them to burn] or [He and his workers burned] (See also: figs-synecdoche)

(Occurrence 0) He burned the bones of their priests on their altars

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[the],bones_of priests burnt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in altars_of,their and,he_cleansed DOM Yehuda and=DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

This means that the bones of the priests who offered sacrifices on the altars to the false gods were burned on the altars that the priests had previously made sacrifices on.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem

(Some words not found in UHB: and_[the],bones_of priests burnt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in altars_of,their and,he_cleansed DOM Yehuda and=DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

This speaks of Josiah causing Judah and Jerusalem to be acceptable to Yahweh as if he made them physically clean. Alternate translation: [he caused Judah and Jerusalem to be acceptable again to Yahweh]

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles

If ever there was a point in biblical history when the worship of Yahweh seemed all but extinguished, it was during the years leading up to King Josiah’s birth. Yet it was against this incredibly dark backdrop that the Lord raised up Josiah of Judah to bring about one of the greatest spiritual reforms his nation had ever seen. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, one of the most wicked and idolatrous kings of Judah (2 Kings 21:1-9; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9), though Manasseh later repented (2 Chronicles 33:12-19), and the son of Amon, another wicked, idolatrous king (2 Kings 21:18-22; 2 Chronicles 33:20-23). After his father’s death, Josiah became king at the young age of eight, so perhaps it was this lack of influence from his wicked father during some of his most formative years as a leader that enabled him to become such a force for spiritual renewal throughout Judah. Whatever the reason for his spiritual fervor, Josiah’s passion also coincided with a period of Assyrian decline, which allowed him to expand his renewal even to the lands once ruled by the northern kingdom of Israel. Josiah began his reforms by commissioning repairs to be made to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. During these repairs, the book of the law, likely the book of Deuteronomy, was found in the Temple and brought to Josiah. When Josiah read the book, he tore his clothes in anguish over the punishment that surely awaited the nation for their disobedience to the laws of Moses. He called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to gather by the pillar of the Temple, and he read the law to them as well and led them to establish a new covenant to follow the laws of Moses. Josiah then began a great purge of idolatry throughout Jerusalem, Judah, and even Israel. Utensils used for pagan worship were removed from the Temple in Jerusalem and burned in the Kidron Valley, and their ashes were carried to Bethel. The image of Asherah was also removed and burned in the Kidron Valley, and the remains were ground to dust and spread over graves of the common people. The houses of the male prostitutes in the Temple area were also broken down. The horses and chariots dedicated to the sun by the kings of Judah were removed, and the chariots were burned. The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz and the altars that Manasseh had made in Temple courtyard were pulled down and broken in pieces, and the rubble was thrown into the Kidron Valley. A place called Topheth in the Hinnom Valley was defiled so that no one would make a son or daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech. Just east of Jerusalem the high places built by King Solomon for his pagan wives on the Mount of Corruption (also called the Mount of Olives; 1 Kings 11:7-8) were defiled. Josiah’s reforms throughout Judah included putting away the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land. At Bethel he tore down the altar and the high place erected by Jeroboam son of Nebat. He burned the high place, crushing it to dust, and burned the sacred pole. There he also saw tombs of people who must have been associated with the pagan rituals there, so he removed the bones and burned them on the altar, thus defiling it, as was prophesied years earlier (1 Kings 13:1-10). Josiah then extended his reforms to lands that formerly belonged to Israel but were now directly governed by Assyria. Throughout the towns of Samaria all the shrines of the high places were removed, the priests of the high places were slaughtered on the pagan altars, and their bones were burned on them. Throughout the rest of the land of Israel and Judah–in Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali–Josiah also broke down the altars, ground the sacred poles and images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars. When Josiah returned to Jerusalem, he celebrated the Passover in a way that exceeded all the Passover celebrations since the time of the Judges.

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

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