The Meaning of 2 Kings 23:18 Explained

2 Kings 23:18

KJV: 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.

YLT: And he saith, 'Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

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

ASV: And he said, Let him be; 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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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 23:18?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 23:18 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Kings 23:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does 2 Kings 23:18 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 23:15-25 - Proving His Whole-Heartedness

Josiah carried his drastic reforms even to Samaria, thus fulfilling a prophecy uttered 350 years before. See 1 Kings 13:2-3. The old leaven having now been cleared out, the Passover could be celebrated. We cannot keep the feast of joy and worship till the work of self-purgation has been undertaken. See 1 Corinthians 5:7. In that great feast some of the ten tribes also joined. There was therefore an affirmation of the spiritual unity of the entire nation, though, like the professing Church of today, it was outwardly in fragments. We must never let go of our belief in the Holy Universal Church, however distracted and divided to outward seeming it may be.

Though these reforms were carried through by the king's strong hand, the generality of the nation remained idolatrous and corrupt, and yielded a feigned rather than a felt repentance. See Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 4:3-4; Jeremiah 4:14; Jeremiah 5:1-3, etc. Therefore judgment could not be averted. External reformation is not enough to secure the permanence of national life. We must rend our hearts rather than our garments, Joel 2:13. There is a sorrow that needs not to be repented of, and a sorrow which "worketh death," 2 Corinthians 7:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 23

¹ Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly
³ He renews the covenant of the Lord
⁴ He destroys idolatry
¹⁵ He burns dead men's bones upon the altar of Bethel, as was prophesied
²¹ He keeps a most solemn Passover
²⁴ He puts away witches and all abomination
²⁶ God's final wrath against Judah
²⁹ Josiah, provoking Pharaoh Neco, is slain at Megiddo
³¹ Jehoahaz, succeeding him,
³³ is imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco, who makes Jehoiakim king
³⁶ Jehoiakim's wicked reign

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 23:18 mean?

And he said let alone him one no let move his bones So they let alone his bones with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַנִּ֣יחוּ ל֔וֹ אִ֖ישׁ אַל־ יָנַ֣ע עַצְמֹתָ֑יו וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙ עַצְמֹתָ֔יו אֵ֚ת עַצְמ֣וֹת הַנָּבִ֔יא אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֖א מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	And he said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַנִּ֣יחוּ	let alone
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural Root: מֻנָּח Sense: to rest.
אִ֖ישׁ	one
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
אַל־	no
Parse: Adverb Root: אַל Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
יָנַ֣ע	let move
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular Root: נוּעַ Sense: to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble.
עַצְמֹתָ֑יו	his bones
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: עֶצֶם Sense: bone, essence, substance.
וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙	So they let alone
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: מָלַט Sense: to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered.
עַצְמֹתָ֔יו	his bones
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: עֶצֶם Sense: bone, essence, substance.
עַצְמ֣וֹת	the bones
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: עֶצֶם Sense: bone, essence, substance.
הַנָּבִ֔יא	of the prophet
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נָבִיא Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
בָּ֖א	came
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן	from Samaria
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: שֹׁמְרֹון Sense: the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 0 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam.

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