# 2 Kings 23:20

> On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

— 2 Kings 23:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- 2 Kings 11:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/11/18
- Exodus 22:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/22/20
- 2 Kings 10:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/10/25
- 2 Chronicles 34:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/34/5
- 1 Kings 13:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/13/2
- 1 Kings 18:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/18/40

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).