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And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.

2 Kings 23:4

The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Turned himself. —So that he caught sight of the tombs on the hillside opposite—not on the hill where the high place was.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And as Josiah turned himself
From the high place, and the altar at Bethel; for he not only gave orders for the destr…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his reach. He carefully preserved the sepulcher of that man of God, who came from Judah to pr…

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