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He burnedשָׂרַףthe bonesוְעַצְמוֹתof the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםon their altars,עַל מִזְבְּחוֹתָםand cleansedוַיְטַהֵרJudahאֶת יְהוּדָהand Jerusalem.וְאֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָם
2 Chronicles 34:5
Study it in the app“He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 34:5, word by word
- He burnedשָׂרַףsaraf
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “saraf” appears- the bonesעַצְמוֹתatsmot
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmot” appears- of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohanim” appears- on their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָmizbchota
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchota” appears- and cleansedיְטַהֵרyetaher
cleanse
To cleanse from sin.
Where else “yetaher” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
4They tore down before him the altars of the Baals, and the incense altars that were high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs, the carved images, and the molten images he broke and ground to dust, and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
5 · This verse (above)
6And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around,