Cross references

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

1 Kings 13:2 BSB
  1. a See 2 Kings 23:16.

1 Kings 13:2 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Kings 23:15–18 (5 votes) and Ezekiel 36:1 (4 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Leviticus 10 to Luke 19.

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Which verses does 1 Kings 13:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things. …

  2. “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

  3. Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  4. O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

  5. Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  6. for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

  7. Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

  8. Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. …

  9. Isaiah 1:22 votes

    Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

  10. Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

  11. Luke 19:402 votes

Which verses point to 1 Kings 13:2?

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