Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining heavenly lights.
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
He put down. —Syriac and Arabic, he slew.
The idolatrous priests. —This refers to the kěmârîm…
John Gill
JohnGill
And he put down the idolatrous priests
The Cemarim, so called, because they wore black clothes, as Kimchi and others…
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