John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah." — 2 Kings 23:15 (ASV)
Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place
which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made .
] For the worship of the calf there:
both that altar, and the high place, he brake down ;
according to an ancient prophecy of the man of God, (1 Kings 13:3) and of Amos in later times, (Amos 9:1)
and burnt the high place, and stamped it small to powder ;
that there might be no remains of it:
and burnt the grove ;
either the grove of trees on it, or the idol that was in it.