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2Ki 23:16 — And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

burned		1Ki 13:1,2,32; Mat 24:35; Jhn 10:35
who proclaimed		"The Septuagint and Hexaplar Syriac at Paris insert, ""when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast. And turning about, he cast his eyes on the sepulchre of the man of God""--"

Correlating Passages

burned

	1Ki 13:1	And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
	1Ki 13:2	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.
	1Ki 13:32	For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
	Mat 24:35	Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
	Jhn 10:35	If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 23:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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