2 Kings 10:25 records Jehu's slaughter of Baal's priests; Josiah similarly executes the high places' priests — a parallel act of zeal.

2 Kings 11:18 describes Jehoiada's reform killing Mattan, Baal's priest; Josiah parallels this by executing the high places' priests.

2 Kings 10:11 recounts Jehu's slaughter of Ahab's priests and house, a similar purge of false worship paralleling Josiah's reform.

Exodus 22:20 commands death for idolatry; Josiah enforces this law by executing the high places' priests.

Deuteronomy 13:5 commands death for those who lead Israel into idolatry; Josiah applies this to the high places' priests.

1 Kings 13:2 prophesied Josiah by name would sacrifice priests on the altar; this verse records the fulfillment.

1 Kings 18:40 records Elijah executing Baal's prophets; Josiah similarly executes the high places' priests — a parallel act of zeal.

2 Chronicles 34:5 gives a parallel account of Josiah burning priests' bones on their altars, confirming the same event.

Jeremiah 8:1 foretells bones of leaders being unearthed, mirroring Josiah's exhumation and burning of priests' bones on altars.

In Leviticus 26:30, God warns of judgment on high places and idols, which Josiah's actions here enact as a curse on idolatrous priests.