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Idolatry at the Very Top
Commentators explain that the altars on the 'roof of the upper chamber' were for worshipping the sun, moon, and stars. This practice, along with altars in the Temple courts, shows how idolatry had corrupted the highest levels of both royal and religious life in Judah, reaching the king's palace and God's own house.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 23:4–20
18th Century
Theologian
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 23:12
19th Century
Bishop
And the altars that were on the top (roof) of the upper chamber of Ahaz. —The roof of an upper chamber in one of the Temple court…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 23:12
17th Century
Pastor
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of
Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made<…
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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…