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He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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Idolatry at the Temple's Door

Commentators highlight the shocking placement of these pagan symbols. The horses and chariots dedicated to sun worship were kept right at the entrance to the Lord's house. This shows how deeply and openly idolatry, likely adopted from nations like Persia, had corrupted Judah's official worship, even in its most sacred spaces.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On 2 Kings 23:4–20

18th Century

Theologian

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

Charles Ellicott

On 2 Kings 23:11

19th Century

Bishop

He took away. —This is the same word as “put down” (2 Kings 23:5). Here, as there, the Syriac and Arabic render it as …

John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Kings 23:11

17th Century

Pastor

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had
given to the sun

Consecrate…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Kings 23:4–14

17th Century

Minister

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…