15 He even tore down the altar at Bethel(A) and the high place(B) that had been made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.(C) 16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar.(D) He defiled it according to the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God[a] who proclaimed these things.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:16 LXX adds when Jeroboam stood by the altar of the feast. And he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God

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