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‏ 2 Kings 23:4-20

priestss of the second order These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priests's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the references. 1Chr 24:4-19; Matt 26:3, Matt 27:1

the keepers 2Kgs 22:4; 1Chr 26:1-19

to bring 2Kgs 21:3, 2Kgs 21:7; 2Chr 33:3, 2Chr 33:7, 2Chr 34:3-4

Baal 2Kgs 17:16; Judg 2:13; 1Kgs 16:31, 1Kgs 18:19, 1Kgs 18:26, 1Kgs 18:40, 1Kgs 19:18; Isa 27:9; Jer 7:9

Kidron 2Sam 15:23; John 18:1, Cedron

Bethel 1Kgs 12:29; Hos 4:15; Amos 4:4

put down Heb. caused to cease

the idolatrous priests Heb. Chemarim. Hos 10:5 *marg. "Foretold. Zeph 1:4-5."

planets or, twelve signs, or constellations, So the Vulgate duodecim signa, "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word mazzaloth, from the Arabic manzeel, a caravanserai, house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words tereysar mazzalaya, to denote the signs of the zodiac.

all the host 2Kgs 21:3-4; Jer 8:1-2, Jer 44:17-19

the grove Or rather, Asherah, or Astarte. 2Kgs 21:7; Judg 3:7; 1Kgs 14:23, 1Kgs 16:33; Jer 17:2

and burned Exod 32:20; Deut 7:25, Deut 9:21

the graves 2Kgs 10:27; 2Chr 34:4

the children Probably the common people.

the sodomites Gen 19:4-5; 1Kgs 14:24, 1Kgs 15:12, 1Kgs 22:46; 2Chr 34:33; Rom 1:26-27

where Exod 35:25-26; Ezek 8:14, Ezek 16:16; Hos 2:13

hangings Heb. houses

from etc. The northern and southern borders of Judah.

Geba Josh 21:17; 1Kgs 15:22; 1Chr 6:60; Isa 10:29; Zech 14:10

Beersheba Gen 21:31, Gen 26:23; Judg 20:1; 1Kgs 19:3

the priests Ezek 44:10-14; Mal 2:8-9

but they did 1Sam 2:36; Ezek 44:29-31

Topheth Isa 30:33; Jer 7:31-32, Jer 19:6, Jer 19:11-13, Tophet

the valley Josh 15:8; 2Chr 28:3, 2Chr 33:6; Jer 19:2, Jer 32:35; Matt 5:22 *Gr.

might make 2Kgs 16:3, 2Kgs 17:17, 2Kgs 21:6; Lev 18:21; Deut 18:10; Jer 32:35; Ezek 16:21, Ezek 20:26, Ezek 20:31; Ezek 23:37-39

the sun 2Kgs 23:5; 2Chr 14:5, 2Chr 34:4; Ezek 8:16

house of the Lord Throughout the East, the horse because of his swiftness and utility, was dedicated to the sun; and the Greeks and Romans feigned that the chariot of the sun was drawn by four horses, Pyrous, Eous, Aithon, and Phlegon, and hence also chariots were dedicated to that luminary. Jarchi says, that those who adored the sun had horses, which they mounted every morning, to go out to meet him at his rising. The kings of Judah had imitated these idolatrous customs, and kept the horses of the sun even at the entrance of the temple of the Lord!

chamberlain or, eunuch, or officer

on the top Deut 22:8; Jer 19:13; Zeph 1:5

which Manasseh 2Kgs 21:5, 2Kgs 21:21-22; 2Chr 33:5, 2Chr 33:15

brake them down from thence or, ran from thence

cast 2Kgs 23:6

the mount of corruption that is, the mount of Olives, Houbigant, deriving the Hebrew mashchith from mashach, "to anoint," reads "the Mount of Olives." Jarchi, following the Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the mount hammishchah, of unction, but because of the idolatrous purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the appellation to the mount of hammashchith, corruption.

Solomon 1Kgs 11:7; Neh 13:26

Ashtoreth Judg 2:13, Judg 10:6; 1Sam 7:4, 1Sam 12:10; 1Kgs 11:5, 1Kgs 11:33

Chemosh Num 21:29; Judg 11:24; Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:16

Milcom Zeph 1:5, Malcham

he brake Exod 23:24; Num 33:52; Deut 7:5, Deut 7:25-26; 2Chr 34:3-4; Mic 1:7

images Heb. statues

the bones of men 2Kgs 23:16; Num 19:16, Num 19:18; Jer 8:1-2; Ezek 39:12-16; Matt 23:27-28

the altar 2Kgs 10:31; 1Kgs 12:28-33, 1Kgs 14:16, 1Kgs 15:30, 1Kgs 21:22

stamped 2Kgs 23:6

burned 1Kgs 13:1-2, 1Kgs 13:32; Matt 24:35; John 10:35

who proclaimed The Septuagint and Hexaplar Syriac at Paris insert, "when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast. And turning about, he cast his eyes on the sepulchre of the man of God" -

It is the sepulchre 1Kgs 13:1, 1Kgs 13:30-31

alone Heb. to escape

the bones of the prophet 1Kgs 13:1-22, 1Kgs 13:31

the houses 2Kgs 17:9; 1Kgs 12:31, 1Kgs 13:32

the cities 2Chr 30:6-11, 2Chr 31:1, 2Chr 34:6-7

the kings 2Kgs 8:18; 1Kgs 16:33; Mic 6:16

to provoke the Lord 2Kgs 17:16-18, 2Kgs 21:6; Ps 78:58; Jer 7:18-19; Ezek 8:17-18

he slew or, he sacrificed, 2Kgs 10:25, 2Kgs 11:18; Exod 22:20; Deut 13:5; 1Kgs 13:2, 1Kgs 18:40; Isa 34:6; Zech 13:2-3

burned 2Chr 34:5