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All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Yahweh] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
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God's Hand in History
Commentators explain that Josiah's reforms in Samaria, a region outside his own kingdom, were made possible by a major international power shift. The decline of the Assyrian empire created a political vacuum, allowing Josiah to extend his influence. This shows how God can use geopolitical events to create opportunities for spiritual renewal.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
2 Kings 23:4
The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…
19th Century
Anglican
The houses also of the high places — that is, temples or chapels attached to the high places.
Josiah took away. — Compare …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the houses also of the high places The temples of the idols there, and the houses for the priests to dwell i…
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