2 Kings 23:5 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

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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

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

He put down. —Syriac and Arabic, he slew.

The idolatrous priests. —This refers to the kěmârîm…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And he put down the idolatrous priests
The Cemarim, so called, because they wore black clothes, as Kimchi and others…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

What abundance of wickedne in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it po ible that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his …

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