The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.
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
The high places that were before the city ... —See 1 Kings 11:5–8. “Before” means “to the east of,” because, …
John Gill
JohnGill
And the high places that were before Jerusalem
Not only that were within the city, and at the gates of it, but wha…
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