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The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
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Cleansing Starts at the Top
Josiah's reform wasn't partial. He commanded the highest religious authorities—the high priest and his subordinates—to remove every single vessel associated with pagan worship from God's Temple. This shows that genuine repentance involves a complete and decisive removal of sin, not just a superficial change.
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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 23:4
19th Century
Bishop
The priests of the second order. —Thenius is probably right in reading the singular, the priest of the second rank, i.e.,…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 23:4
17th Century
Pastor
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order
O…
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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…