Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Jerusalem had been cleansed (2 Chronicles 30:14), and now the land had to be purged. Hezekiah, therefore, gave his sanction to a popula…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Destruction of the images and high places in both kingdoms. (Compare to 2 Kings 18:4.)

Now when all this was finished.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now when all this was finished
The temple cleansed, the priests and Levites sanctified, the passover and feast of un…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

After the Passover, the people of Israel applied themselves with vigor to destroy the monuments of idolatry. Public ordinances should motivate us t…

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