Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 23:20:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, he killed all the people who had made sacrifices to Baal. He killed them on top of those altars and then he burned their bones there. After that, he returned to Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There Josiah killed all the priests of the places to do puja on their altars and He burned their bones on them. After that he came back to Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Josia killed all the priests of those places-of-worship right there/[lit. there itself] on its altars. And he burned human bones on those altars to defile them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He ordered that all the priests who offered sacrifices on the altars on the tops of hills must be killed on those altars. Then he burned human bones on every one of those altars to desecrate them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
