And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali,.... Which though they belonged to the ten tribes, yet these being carried captive by the king of Assyria, they…
Adam Clarke
He burnt the bones of the priests - כומריא kumeraiya, the kemarim, says the Targum. See this word explained, Kg2 23:5 (note).
Concerning Josiah we are here told, 1. That he came to the crown when he was very young, only eight years old (yet his infancy did not debar him from his right), and he reigned thirty-one years (Ch2…
Cambridge Bible
he burnt the bones of the priests Specially at Beth-el; 2Ki 23:15-16.
cleansed R.V. purged (as in 2Ch 34:3; 2Ch 34:8).
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