Amo 2:1 | TNotes | STEP | 2:1 desecrated the bones: In some past skirmish, the Moabites had captured Edom’s king . Cremation was considered a form of desecration; if the ashes (literally lime ) of the king were used in plaster, the insult would be compounded.

‏ Amos 2:1

2:1 ^a desecrated the bones: In some past skirmish, the Moabites had captured Edom’s king. Cremation was considered a form of desecration; if the ashes (literally lime) of the king were used in plaster, the insult would be compounded.