2 Kings 23:14
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Josiah reads the Book of the Covenant to all the people and they renew the covenant. He launches an extensive reform: removing Baal altars, Asherah poles, sun-horses, high places—including those of Solomon—from Jerusalem and all Judah. He defiles the high …
Other Translations
And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.
Cross References
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly …
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and …
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and …
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a …
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt …
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that …
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down …
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the …
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, …
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God …