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Sin in the Sanctuary
Commentators are shocked that the most profane idolatrous practices, including ritual sexual perversion, were not just happening in Judah but had infiltrated the very temple of the Lord. Scholars note these 'houses' were apartments for cult prostitutes located within the sacred complex, showing the extreme depth of Judah's rebellion.
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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 23:7
19th Century
Bishop
The houses ... by the house. — The cabins of the Kedçshim ... in the house. The Kedçshim were males…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 23:7
17th Century
Pastor
And he broke down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the
house of the Lord
Near…
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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…