2 Kings 23:19
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there,.... The idolatrous priests who sacrificed to Baal, and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–18702 Kings 23:4-20
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah. 2Ki 23:4 The priests of the second order - This is a new expression;…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
That were in the cities of Samaria - Israel had now no king; and Josiah, of the blood royal of Judah, had certainly a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Kings 23:4-24
We have here an account of such a reformation as we have not met with in all the history of the kings of Judah, such…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
high places thatwere in the cities of Samaria It would seem from this that when the ten tribes had been carried away the…
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