Before Jerusalem] i.e. E. of the city. It is surprising that these, dating from the time of Solomon (see 1 Kings 11:1), had not been destroyed by Hezekiah; but see on 2 Kings 18:4.
Mount of corruption] i.e. the Mt. of Olives, the later 'mount of offence.'
Verse 2 Kings 23:13. _MOUNT OF CORRUPTION_] This, says _Jarchi_, following the _Chaldee_, was the mount of _Olives_, for this is the mount המשחה _hammishchah_, of _unction_; but because of the idolatr...
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah. 2 Kings 23:4 THE PRIESTS OF THE SECOND ORDER - This is a new expression; and probably refers to the ordinary priests, called here “priests of the s...
2. THE RESULTS OF THE REVIVAL AND THE DEATH OF JOSIAH CHAPTER 23:1-30 _ 1. The People hear the law (2 Kings 23:1; 2 Chronicles 34)_ 2. Josiah makes a covenant (2 Kings 23:3) 3. The great reformati...
2 KINGS 23:3. BY THE PILLAR. COVENANT: for the word pillar see 2 Kings 11:14 and 1 Kings 7:21. In the latter passage it is used for the two great brazen pillars set up by Solomon before the porch of t...
BEFORE JERUSALEM: i.e. the east side. See Zec 16:4. WHICH, &C _._ Figure of speech _Polyonyrnia._ MOUNT OF CORRUPTION: i.e. the Mount of Olives. Thus called on account of the idolatries connected wi...
MOUNT OF CORRUPTION— _Mount of olives;_ Houbigant; who supposes the word משׁחית _mashchith,_ which we render _corruption,_ to be derived from משׁח _mashach, to anoint._...
F. THE REFORMATION INTENSIFIED 23:4-23 The author deals with the reformation launched by Josiah geographically rather than chronologically. He discusses (1) the cleansing of the Temple (2 Kings 23:4-7...
_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 BUILDED FOR ASHTORETH THE ABOMINATION OF THE ZIDONIANS, A...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 THE *COVENANT WITH THE *LORD V1 The king called together all the leaders of *Judah and Jerusalem. V2 He went to th...
THE HIGH PLACES THAT WERE BEFORE THE CITY... — See 1 Kings 11:5. “Before” means “to the east of,” because, to determine the cardinal points, one faced the sunrise. The right hand was then the south, t...
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JOSIAH'S REFORMATION 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 23:1 "And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness." - #/RAPC 1Es 1:23 "From Zion shall go forth the Law, and the...
JOSIAH B.C. 639-608 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 23:1 Jos., "Ant.," X 4:1. "In outline dim and vast Their fearful shadows cast The giant forms of Empires, on their way To ruin: one by one They tower,...
DESTROYING INDUCEMENTS TO EVIL 2 Kings 23:5 Encouraged by the prophets Zephaniah, Urijah, and perhaps Jeremiah, Josiah set himself to the work of thorough reform, in which he endeavored to carry his...
In this chapter we have a graphic account of the reformation following the discovery of the book of the Law. It was carried out by the splendid enthusiasm and energy of Josiah, and it is interesting t...
And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the (m) mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidon...
Offence; Olivet. (Haydock) --- In the original, the terms are very much alike; and the Jews take a pleasure in deforming names, for which they had a horror. Solomon had erected temples here to various...
When the king had finished reading the words of God's holy law, he proceeded with an holy zeal to bear testimony to God's truth, in the destruction of all that God's holy law had forbidden. And what a...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Observe what grace raised up Hezekiah and Josiah, both of whom were born of fathers given up to idolatry, and followed by sons who were equally aba...
AND THE HIGH PLACES THAT WERE BEFORE JERUSALEM,.... Not only that were within the city, and at the gates of it, but what were without it: WHICH WERE ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MOUNT OF CORRUPTION: the...
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 builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians...
_The high places on the right hand of the mount of Corruption _ That is, the mount of Olives, (1 Kings 11:7,) called _the mount of Corruption_, for the gross idolatry there practised. _Which Solomon h...
1 Iosiah causeth the booke to bee read in a solemne assembly. 3 He reneweth the Couenant of the LORD. 4 He destroyeth idolatry. 15 He burnt dead mens bones vpon the altar of Bethel, as was foreprop...
THE COVENANT RENEWED...
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the Mount of Corruption, the southern summit of the Mount of Olives, also known as the Mount of offenses, WHICH SOLOMON,...
JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY (vv.1-20) Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in hearing the W...
THE MOUNT OF CORRUPTION: that is, the mount of Olives...
4-14 What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where hi...
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 Ex...
2 Kings 23:13 king H4428 defiled H2930 (H8765) places H1116 east H6440 Jerusalem H3389 south H3225 Mount H2022 Co
DETAILS OF JOSIAH'S REFORMS WHICH TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT HIS REIGN OVER MANY YEARS (2 KINGS 23:5). What is now described would have commenced well before Josiah's eighteenth year as the Temple was puri...
ASHTORETH (2 Kings 23:6); (2 Kings 23:7). (_ See Scofield) - (Judges 2:13). _...
CONTENTS: Law read to the people. The king's covenant and reformations. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah. Pharaoh-neche, Jehoahaz, Jehoikim, Eliakim. CONCLUSION: We should put ourselves heartily int...
2 Kings 23:29. _He slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him;_ as in 2 Kings 14:8. It would seem from this phrase that the two kings were engaged in single combat. This was an error for which Josiah f...
_And the King sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem._ GOOD AIMS AND BAD METHODS The verses I have selected record and illustrate good alms and bad methods. I. Go...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:13 Because idolatrous altars were there, the Mount of Olives is here called the MOUNT OF CORRUPTION. ASHTORETH is the biblical name for Astarte or Venus. On Chemosh
THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATRY BY JOSIAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 23:1. THE KING SENT AND GATHERED ALL THE ELDERS OF JUDAH—Not content to hide from coming ill under God’s promise of imm...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 23:1 JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
And the king stood by the pillar, and he made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and the testimonies and the statutes with their heart and with their soul...
1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 11:5; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Samuel 7:4
Corruption — The mount of olives, called the mount of corruption, for the gross idolatry there practiced. Which — Not the same individual altars; which doubtless either Solomon upon his repentance, or...