complete verse (2 Kings 23:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 23:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “The king also destroyed the altars of Baal which the kings of Israel had built in the cities of Samaria. Those were the things that had made God angry. Josiah broke them into pieces like he had done to the others in Bethel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Furthermore the kings of Israel angered the LORD by building places to do puja in the cities of Samaria. All of these idols and altars Josiah cut down and desecrated them like he had done at Bethel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Josia broke-down the places-of-worship in the high places in Samaria, as he had-done at Betel. These places-of-worship that were-built-up by the kings of Israel had- really -caused- the LORD -to-be-angry.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In every city in Israel, at Josiah’s command, they tore down the shrines that had been built by the previous kings of Israel, which had caused Yahweh to become very angry. He did to all those shrines/altars the same thing that he had done to the altars at Bethel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)