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The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
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The Stubbornness of Sin
Commentators highlight that the idolatrous sites Josiah destroyed were originally built by Solomon centuries earlier. Their survival through the reigns of even good kings demonstrates how compromise with sin can become deeply embedded and linger for generations, requiring decisive action to finally uproot it.
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2 Kings
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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 23:13
19th Century
Bishop
The high places that were before the city ... —See 1 Kings 11:5–8. “Before” means “to the east of,” because, …
John Gill
On 2 Kings 23:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the high places that were before Jerusalem
Not only that were within the city, and at the gates of it, but wha…
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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…