5He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.


In Context

2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.

3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles, carved idols and cast images.

4 Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles, the idols and the images. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.

6 In the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them,

7 he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols to powder and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

2nd Chronicles 34:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols, and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And he burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.