Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 34:5
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
5. 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).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 5. He burnt the bones of the priests] kumeraiya, the kemarim, says the Targum. See this word explained, 2Kg 23:5.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
5. he burnt the bones of the priestsupon their altarsA greater brand of infamy could not have beenput on idolatrous priests than the disinterment of their bones, and agreater defilement could not have been done to the altars of idolatrythan the burning upon them the bones of those who had thereofficiated in their lifetime.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars,…. On which they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, above three hundred and fifty years before:
and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem; from idolatry, and all the monuments of it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, i.e., he caused the bones of the idolatrous priests to be taken from their graves and burnt on the spot where the destroyed altars had stood, that he might defile the place with the ashes of the dead. In these words is summarized what is stated in 2Ki 23:13 and 2Ki 23:14 as to the defilement of the places of sacrifice built upon the Mount of Olives by the bones of the dead, and in 2Ki 23:16-20 as to the burning of the bones of the high priests of Bethel, after they had been taken from their graves, upon their own altars. is an orthographical error for .
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(5) And he burnt . . . upon their altar.See 2Ki. 23:13-14; 2Ki. 23:16; 2Ki. 23:20 for details. Literally, and bones of priests he burnt. They were bones taken from the graves of the idolatrous priests, who were thus punished, while their altars were irreparably defiled. (For the horror with which such a violation of the dead was then regarded, see Amo. 2:1.)
And cleansed (i.e., purged, 2Ch. 34:3) Judah and Jerusalem.This phrase does not occur at all in the parallel account.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Ver. 5. And he burnt the bones. ] That those altars might be defiled, discredited, and abhorred for ever.
He cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
burnt the bones. Thus fulfilling 1Ki 13:2.
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he: 1Ki 13:2, 2Ki 23:16, Jer 8:1, Jer 8:2
cleansed: 2Ch 34:7, Num 35:33, Jer 3:10, Jer 4:14, Eze 22:24
Reciprocal: 2Ki 23:20 – burned Eze 6:4 – and I Hos 10:8 – their altars
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34:5 And he burnt the {d} bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
(d) Read 2Ki 23:16.