Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 32:12
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
12. his high places ] Cp. 2Ki 18:4, R.V. The “high places” ( bmth) were properly sanctuaries of Jehovah, and not necessarily idolatrous in themselves. Yet in practice the bamoth were found to give shelter to heathen worship, and idolatrous symbols, e.g. the ashrah, the relics of Canaanite worship, were often placed beside them. It was found in fact that the purity of sacrificial worship could be best preserved by separating it from all places having heathen associations and restricting it to Jerusalem. Hezekiah acted vigorously in accordance with this experience and removed the bmth throughout the country.
burn incense upon it ] R.V. upon it shall ye burn incense.
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Ver. 12-15. Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places,…. For the sense of this and the three following verses, see the notes on
[See comments on Isa 36:17] [See comments on Isa 36:18] [See comments on Isa 36:19] [See comments on Isa 36:20]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(12) The same Hezekiah.Hezekiah himself.
Ye shall worship . . . upon it.Literally, before one altar shall ye worship, and thereon shall ye burn incense. Comp. 2Ki. 18:22 : Is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye worship in Jerusalem? The chronicler is even more emphatic than Kings in asserting the sole validity of the Brazen Altar in the Temple Court.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
Ver. 12. Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places? ] So saith Antichrist, Have not your reformers taken away the abbeys, monasteries, altars, crosses, &c.? And as there wanted not some in Jerusalem who were of the same mind with Sennacherib’s messengers, so neither wanteth there among us a malignant party, that grumble and grind their teeth at our happy Reformation.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the same Hezekiah. Contrast Ahaz (2Ch 28:22). See App-67.
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high places
(See Scofield “1Ki 3:2”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Hath not: 2Ch 31:1, 2Ki 18:4, 2Ki 18:22, Isa 36:7
taken away: This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places – 2Ch 31:1, and Hezekiah had removed them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither expect the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.
Ye shall worship: Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14, Deu 12:26, Deu 12:27
one altar: 2Ch 4:1, Exo 27:1-8, Exo 30:1-6, Exo 40:26-29, 1Ki 7:48
Reciprocal: Jos 22:29 – to build 2Ki 15:4 – the high places 2Ki 15:35 – Howbeit 2Ki 21:3 – the high places 1Ch 22:1 – and this is the altar 2Ch 33:3 – which Hezekiah 2Ch 33:17 – people 2Ch 34:27 – thine heart Isa 10:10 – the kingdoms
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32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his {g} altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
(g) Thus the wicked put no difference between true religion and false, God and idols: for Hezekiah only destroyed idolatry and replaced it with true religion. Thus the papists slander the servants of God: for when they destroy idolatry, they say that they abolish religion.