2 Chronicles 35:12

12. They removed the burnt offerings That is, removed from the slain animals such portions as were to be offered on the altar. “The burnt offerings here,” says Bertheau, “can only mean such portions of the paschal lamb as were to be burned upon the altar of burnt offerings; no doubt the same parts as were cut off and burned in the case of sheep and goats when they were offered as thank offerings. Leviticus 2:6-16. As those portions were burned in precisely the same manner as the burnt offerings, (Leviticus 1:9; Leviticus 1:17; Leviticus 3:11; Leviticus 3:16,) they might very well be called העלה , the burnt offering, so that this word is used here in the sense of אשׁה , offering, or sacrifice in general. This explanation is confirmed by the words at the end of the verse, and so did they with the oxen. The oxen themselves, therefore, were not offered as burnt offerings, but the parts appointed were cut off and burned, the rest of the flesh being cooked and eaten.” 2 Chronicles 35:13.