2 Kings 23:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.”
2 Kings 23:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 23:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 23:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.”
2 Kings 23:18 — World English Bible
2 Kings 23:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. ”
2 Kings 23:18 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 23:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he saith, `Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.”
2 Kings 23:18 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 23:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. And they saved his bones, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. ”
2 Kings 23:18 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 23:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then sayde he, Let him alone: let none remooue his bones. So his bones were saued with the bones of the Prophet that came from Samaria.”
2 Kings 23:18 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 23:18 in Context — 2 Kings 23
16 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.
17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth–el.
18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth–el.
20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
What Does 2 Kings 23:18 Mean?
2 Kings 23:18 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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