2 Chronicles 31:1 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.

Commentaries

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

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

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

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…