2 Kings 23:18

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
alone	יָנַח yânach	H3240	to deposit
man	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
move	יָנַ֣ע ya.Na'	H5128	to waver · verb, hiphil jussive, 3rd person masculine singular
bones	עַצְמֹתָ֑יו 'atz.mo.Tav	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
bones	עַצְמֹתָ֔יו 'atz.mo.Tav	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
alone	וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙ vay.ma.le.Tu	H4422	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
bones	עַצְמ֣וֹת atz.Mot	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct
prophet	הַנָּבִ֔יא ha.na.Vi'	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	בָּ֖א ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Samaria	מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן mi.sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 13:31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the m…
1 Kings 13:1-22 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:4-24

We have here an account of such a reformation as we have not met with in all the history of the kings of Judah, such thorough riddance made of all the abominable things and such foundations laid of a glorious good work; and here I cannot but wonder at two things: - 1. That so many wicked things should have got in, and kept standing so long, as we find here removed. 2. That notwithstanding the removal of these wicked things, and the hopeful prospects here given of a happy settlement, yet within a few years Jerusalem was utterly destroyed, and even this did not save it; for the generality of the people, after all, hated to be reformed. The founder melteth in vain, and therefore reprobate silve…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:17

What title is that that I see?--The king's attention probably, had been arrested by a tombstone more conspicuous than the rest around it, bearing on an inscription the name of him that lay beneath; and this prompted his curiosity to make the inquiry. the men of the city--not the Assyrian colonists--for they could know nothing about the ancient transactions of the place--but some of the old people who had been allowed to remain, and perhaps the tomb itself might not then have been discoverable, through the effects of time and neglect, had not some "Old Mortality" garnished the sepulcher of the righteous.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 23:18

The prophet that came out of Samaria - See the note on Kg1 13:32.

John Gill on 2 Kings 23:18

And he said, let him alone, let no man move his bones,.... Not take them out of the grave, as they had done the rest: so they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria; the old prophet, whereby his end was answered in being buried with him, 1 Kings 13:31.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 23:1-30

Dictionary and topics

Bethel — House of God. (1.) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). The…
Esdraelon — The Greek form of the Hebrew “Jezreel,” the name of the great plain (called by the natives Merj Ibn Amer; i.e., “the meadow of the son of Amer”) which stretches across Central Palestine from the…
Jeremiah — Raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10). (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13). (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr.…
Josiah — Healed by Jehovah, or Jehovah will support. The son of Amon, and his successor on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chr. 34:1). His history is contained in 2 Kings 22, 23. He stands foremost among…
Pentateuch — The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions…
Beth-El · .Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at — .Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at
Calf · Altars of, — Altars of,
Iconoclasm · .Josiah — .Josiah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 23:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:4-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 23:18

John Gill on 2 Kings 23:18

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 23:1-30

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2 Kings 23:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:4-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 23:18

John Gill on 2 Kings 23:18

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 23:1-30

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 23:15-17

Rashi on 2 Kings 23:17