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An Idol in God's House
Commentators clarify that the 'Asherah' was not a grove of trees but a specific idol, likely representing the pagan goddess Astarte. Its presence within 'the house of Jehovah' demonstrates the shocking extent to which idolatry had corrupted the heart of Judah's worship, defiling the most sacred space in the nation.
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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 23:6
19th Century
Bishop
And he brought out the grove ... — The Asherah set up by Manasseh (2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 21:7), a…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 23:6
17th Century
Pastor
And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord Not a real grove of trees, but a carved one, as some think; or rather the i…
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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…