Verse 16
16. The sepulchres… in the mount Apparently in the same mount on which Beth-el was situated. During an evening which J.L. Porter spent at this place, he says, “I explored the rock sepulchres, too, which dot the sides of the mount, thinking that one or other of them might be that of the man of God from Judah, whose bones Josiah respected.”
Polluted it The burning of human bones on an altar was regarded as utterly defiling the sacred place, and rendering it unfit for holy uses.
According to the word See 1 Kings 13:2.
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