2 Kings 23:18
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.
2 Kings 23:18 in other translations
| BSB | “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria. |
|---|---|
| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 23:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:15-20
15-20. Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, &c.--Not satisfied with the removal of every vestige of idolatry from his own dominion, this zealous iconoclast made a tour of inspection through the cities of Samaria and all the territory formerly occupied by the ten tribes, destroying the altars and temples of the high places, consigning the Asherim to the flames, putting to death the priests of the high places, and…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 23:15-24
Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his reach. He carefully preserved the sepulchre of that man of God, who came from Judah to foretell the throwing down of Jeroboam's altar. When they had cleared the country of the old leaven of idolatry, then they applied themselves to the keeping of the feast. There was not holden such a passover in any of the foregoing reigns. The revival of a long-neglected…
2 Kings 23:18 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for 2 Kings 23:18
- 1 Kings 13:31
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
- 1 Kings 13:1-22
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. …
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 13:1-22,31
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 2 Kings 23:17
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.
- 2 Kings 23:18
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.
- 2 Kings 23:19
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.
2 Kings 23:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él dijo: Dejadlo; ninguno mueva sus huesos: y así fueron preservados sus huesos, y los huesos del profeta que había venido de Samaria. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit: Laissez-le reposer; que personne ne remue ses os! Et ils préservèrent ses os ainsi que les os du prophète qui était venu de Samarie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach: Laßt ihn liegen, niemand beunruhige seine Gebeine! Und so retteten sie seine Gebeine samt den Gebeinen des Propheten, der von Samaria gekommen war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait: Dimitte eum: nemo commoveat ossa ejus. Et intacta manserunt ossa illius cum ossibus prophetæ qui venerat de Samaria. |