2 Kings 23:13

The mount of corruption, i.e. the Mount of Olives, 1 Kings 11:7, here called the mount of corruption, for the gross idolatry there practised, which is oft expressed by the name of corruption. See Exodus 32:7 Deuteronomy 32:5. In the Hebrew is an elegant allusion between miscah, anointing, and masheith, corruption, as there is between Beth-el and Beth-aven, Hosea 4:15. Which Solomon had builded; not the same individual altars; which doubtless either Solomon upon his repentance, or some other of Josiah's godly predecessors, had taken away long before this time; but other altars built by Manasseh or Amon, which because erected by Solomon's example, and for the same use, and in the same place, are called by his name; this brand being left by the Holy Ghost upon his name and memory, as a just punishment of that abominable practice, and a mean to deter others from the like. For Ashtoreth; of which and the rest See Poole on "1 Kings 11:5"; See Poole on "1 Kings 11:6"; See Poole on "1 Kings 11:7". The abomination, i.e. the idol, so called, because it was abominable, and made them abominable to God.