2 Kings 23:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper room of Ahaz. The king destroyed the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. He smashed them to bits and scattered the pieces in the Kidron Valley.

Commentaries

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

And the altars that were on the top (roof) of the upper chamber of Ahaz. —The roof of an upper chamber in one of the Temple court…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of
Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made<…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…