2 Kings 23:13 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ash'toreth the abomination of the Sido'nians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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

The high places that were before the city ... —See 1 Kings 11:5–8. “Before” means “to the east of,” because, …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

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

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…

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