2 Chronicles 23:17
“Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.”
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Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Mattan the priest - The Targum will not prostitute the term priest, but calls him כומרא cumera, priestling.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Chronicles 23:12-21
Here we have, I. The people pleased, Ch2 23:12, Ch2 23:13. When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Then all R.V. And all.
the house of Baal When this was erected is not known, perhaps under Jehoram (2Ch 21:6) or Ahaziah…
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