He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places who were there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem — Josiah executes the priests of the high places, performing ritual sacrifice of the apostate clergy as an act of religious purification. The burning of human bones on the altars represents final desecration. The systematic violence against the apostate priesthood indicates the comprehensive nature of Josiah's religious revolution.

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