Bible Commentary

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant. 21 30. He puts down superstitious rites and worship. He is slain at Megiddo when he goes against the king of Egypt (2Ch 35:1-27; 2Ch 36:1) 21. Keep the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:21”

And he slew all the priests of the high places that [were] there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. 20. and burnt men’s bones upon them ] To the heathen, as well as to the Jew, this would be a pollution that would make the place for ever … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:20”

And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. 19. high places that were in the cities … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:19”

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. 18. Let him alone ] R.V. Let him be. The verb translated ‘let alone’, in a later clause of the verse is not the same as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:18”

Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? And the men of the city told him, [It is] the sepulcher of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel. 17. What title [R.V. monument ] is that that [R.V. which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:17”

And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 16. Josiah turned himself … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:16”

Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove. 15 20. Josiah destroys the high … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:15”

And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 14. he brake in pieces the images [R.V. pillars ], and cut down the groves ] R.V. the Asherim. From such passages as this we may conclude that the images of Asherah were generally … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:14”

And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:13”

And the altars that [were] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and broke [them] down from thence, and cast the dust of them … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:12”