2 Kings 23:16

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2 Kings 23:16 (WEB)
As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.14Book XVII
“…to a certain prophet that king Josiah should arise and reign after more than three hundred years, who predicted his future deeds also along with his name.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xiii. 2; fulfilled 2 Kings xxiii. 15–17.
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Psalm 110:1
Cited together in The City of God XVII.14.
Matthew 22:44
Cited together in The City of God XVII.14.
1 Kings 13:2
Cited together in The City of God XVII.14.

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