A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.

2 Kings 23:4

The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…

The images ... the groves. — The pillars ... the asherahs. These pillars and sacred trees may have been set up at the hig…

And he broke in pieces the images
Of Ashtoreth, Chemosh, and Milcom, in the above high places; which as these high p…

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…