Study it in the app“He sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem.”
He sacrificedוַיִּזְבַּחallאֶת כָּלthe priestsכֹּהֲנֵיof the high placesהַבָּמוֹתwhoאֲשֶׁרwere thereשָׁםon the altars,עַל הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתand burnedוַיִּשְׂרֹףhumanאָדָםbonesאֶת עַצְמוֹתon them;עֲלֵיהֶםthen he returnedוַיָּשָׁבto Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbach” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohane” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “yisrof” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmot” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsJerusalem
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).
19Also all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke YHWH to anger, Josiah removed; and he did to them according to all the deeds that he had done at Bethel.
20 · This verse (above)
21The king commanded all the people, saying, “Celebrate the Passover to YHWH your Elohim, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
