And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
Commentaries
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A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The priests of the second order. —Thenius is probably right in reading the singular, the priest of the second rank, i.e.,…
John Gill
JohnGill
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order
O…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where h…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes