[[2 Kings-23]] Prev: [[Prophecies in 2 Kings-22]] | Next: [[Prophecies in 2 Kings-24]] --- ### 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 Yahweh's word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: King Josiah defiles the altar at Bethel by burning human bones on it, fulfilling a specific prophecy made roughly 300 years before his birth. *Historical context*: This event fulfills the prophecy found in [[1 Kings-13#v2|1 Kings 13:2]], where an anonymous 'man of God' from Judah predicted that a descendant of David named Josiah would arise to destroy the altar at Bethel and sacrifice the priests of the high places upon it. The specificity of the name 'Josiah' in a text written centuries before the event is cited by many theologians as a significant instance of predictive prophecy. *Related to*: [[1 Kings-13#v2|1 Kings 13:2]] ### Yahweh said, 'I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God declares that the kingdom of Judah will be exiled and the city of Jerusalem and its Temple will be rejected and destroyed. *Historical context*: This prophecy was realized in 586 BCE when the Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II besieged and destroyed Jerusalem. The First Temple (Solomon's Temple) was razed, and the population of Judah was forcibly deported to Babylon, an event known as the Babylonian Captivity. *Related to*: ### but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: King Jehoahaz (also known as Shallum) is taken into captivity by Pharaoh Necoh and dies in Egypt without returning to his land. *Historical context*: This directly fulfills the prophecy recorded in [[Jer-22#v10|Jeremiah 22:10]]-12, which stated that Shallum (Jehoahaz) the son of Josiah would never return to Judah but would die in the place where he was led captive. Historical records and the biblical text confirm he was deposed by the Egyptians in 609 BCE and taken to Egypt. *Related to*: [[Jer-22#v10|Jeremiah 22:10]]-12 --- #ai_prophecy