Took away the strange gods. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 33:3. For the phrase “strange gods” (ĕlôhê nçkâr), see Genesis 35:2.

The idol. — That is, the Asherah (2 Chronicles 33:3; 2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 17:16).

In the mount of the house. — The temple hill. Thenius says: the courts with the altars in them (2 Kings xxi 4, 5).

Cast them out. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 29:16; 2 Chronicles 30:14 Manasseh’s reform was hardly complete, for some of his altars remained for Josiah to pull down (2 Kings 23:12).

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