In 2 Kings 23:16, Josiah takes bones from tombs to burn on the altar — the same method of defilement as filling places with bones here.

2 Kings 11:18 records Jehoiada's destruction of Baal's temple and altars—a parallel act of iconoclasm to Josiah's smashing here.

Exodus 23:24 commands demolishing sacred stones and pillars — exactly what Josiah does here.

2 Chronicles 34:4 adds details of tearing down altars and scattering debris over graves — parallel to Josiah's actions here.

2 Chronicles 34:3 records the same reform — Josiah purging high places, Asherah poles, and idols.

Numbers 33:52 commands destroying carved stones, idols, and high places — Josiah obeys this command.

Deuteronomy 7:5 orders smashing altars, sacred stones, and Asherah poles — Josiah carries out this instruction.

Exodus 34:13 commands breaking altars and cutting down Asherim — the very command Josiah is carrying out in this reform.

2 Chronicles 14:3 shows Asa doing the same reform: removing altars, smashing sacred stones, cutting down Asherah poles—identical actions.

Deuteronomy 12:3 commands tearing down pagan worship sites — Josiah's actions here directly obey that command.

Deuteronomy 7:26 calls detestable things set apart for destruction — Josiah's covering with bones makes the sites utterly detestable.

Numbers 19:16 declares human bones cause impurity — Josiah exploits this law to permanently defile pagan altars.

Deuteronomy 7:25 commands burning idols and warns against taking their silver — Josiah's destruction follows this principle.

Numbers 19:18 prescribes purification from corpse uncleanness — the opposite of Josiah's deliberate defilement by bones here.

Ezekiel 6:4 prophesies altars demolished and idols smashed—the same destruction Josiah carries out here.

Micah 1:7 prophesies idols broken and burned — echoing the destruction Josiah carries out against pagan worship.

In Judges 3:7, Israel served Asherahs—the very objects Josiah smashes. The cross-reference shows the sin being purged.

Jeremiah 8:1 prophesies bones of Judah's leaders taken from tombs as judgment — similar to Josiah using bones to defile altars.

Jeremiah 8:2 continues the image of bones exposed to celestial bodies — a fate akin to the bones used in Josiah's reform.

Ezekiel 39:12-16 buries bones to cleanse the land — opposite of Josiah's deliberate exposure of bones to defile altars.