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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A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The high places that were before the city ... —See 1 Kings 11:5–8. “Before” means “to the east of,” because, …
John Gill
JohnGill
And the high places that were before Jerusalem
Not only that were within the city, and at the gates of it, but wha…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
What abundance of wickedne in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it po ible that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his …
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Albert Barnes
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