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Furthermore, ^(C1)the altar that was at Bethel and the ^(C2)high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who misled Israel into sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he ^(C3)burned the high place, ground the remains to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent men and took the bones from the graves, and burned them on the altar and defiled it ^(C1)in accordance with the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, the one who proclaimed these things.

Then he said, "What is this gravestone there that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "^(C1)It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel."

And he said, "Leave him alone; no one is to disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed ^(C1)with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

Then Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were ^(C1)in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had constructed, ^(F1)provoking the LORD to anger; and he did to them ^(F2)just as he had done in Bethel.

And ^(C1)he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem.