1 Kings 13:2

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And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.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.’”

In other translations

And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.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.’”

Hebrew words

וַיִּקְרָאvaiyikra'and he called outH7121עַל־'al-onH5921הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizbeachthe altarH4196בִּדְבַרbidvarby [the] word ofH1697יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559מִזְבֵּחַmizbeachO altarH4196מִזְבֵּחַmizbeachaltarH4196כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הִנֵּה־hineh-here!H2009בֵןvena sonH1121נוֹלָדnolad[is] about to be bornH3205לְבֵית־leveit-to [the] house ofH1004דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732יֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu[will be] JosiahH2977שְׁמוֹshemoname hisH8034וְזָבַחvezavachand he will sacrificeH2076עָלֶיךָ'aleikhaon youH5921אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כֹּהֲנֵיkohanei[the] priests ofH3548הַבָּמוֹתhabamotthe high placesH1116הַמַּקְטִרִיםhamaktirimwho make smokeH6999עָלֶיךָ'aleikhaon youH5921וְעַצְמוֹתve'atzmotand bones ofH6106אָדָם'adamhumankindH120יִשְׂרְפוּyisrefupeople will burnH8313עָלֶיךָ׃'aleikhaon youH5921

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

People: David, Josiah

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