And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one's left at the gate of the city.
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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
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And he brought all the priests ... — Josiah caused all the priests of the local sanctuaries of Jehovah to migrate to Jeru…
John Gill
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And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah
Who were of the sons of Aaron, and had served in the high …
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…
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Albert Barnes
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