Chapter 23

1
the king Deut 31:28; 2Sam 6:1; 2Chr 29:20, 2Chr 30:2, 2Chr 34:29, 2Chr 34:30-33


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both small and great Heb. from small even unto great, Gen 19:11; 1Sam 5:9, 1Sam 30:2; 2Chr 15:13; Esth 1:5; Job 3:19; Ps 115:13; Acts 26:22; Rev 20:12

he read Deut 31:10-13; 2Chr 17:9; Neh 8:1-8, Neh 9:3, Neh 13:1

the book 2Kgs 22:8; Deut 31:26; 1Kgs 8:9


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stood 2Kgs 11:14, 2Kgs 11:17; 2Chr 23:13, 2Chr 34:31-32

made a covenant Exod 24:7-8; Deut 5:1-3, Deut 29:1, Deut 29:10-15; Josh 24:25; 2Chr 15:12-14, 2Chr 23:16; 2Chr 29:10; Ezra 10:3; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:28-39; Jer 50:5; Heb 8:8-13, Heb 12:24; Heb 13:20

to walk Deut 8:19

his commandments Deut 4:45, Deut 5:1, Deut 6:1; Ps 19:7-9

with all their heart Deut 6:5, Deut 10:12, Deut 11:13; Matt 22:36-37

And all Exod 24:3; Josh 24:24; 2Chr 34:32-33; Eccl 8:2; Jer 4:2


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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


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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


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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.


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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


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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


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

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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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

stamped 2Kgs 23:6


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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" -


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


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alone Heb. to escape

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


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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


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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


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Keep 2Chr 35:1-19

as it is written Exod 12:3-20; Lev 23:5-8; Num 9:2-5, Num 28:16-25; Deut 16:1-8


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Surely 2Chr 35:18-19

of the kings 2Chr 30:1-3, 2Chr 30:13-20, 2Chr 35:3-17


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Moreover "His eighteenth year ending."

the workers 2Kgs 21:3, 2Kgs 21:6; 1Sam 28:3-7; Isa 8:19, Isa 19:3; Acts 16:16-18; Rev 22:15

images or, teraphim, Gen 31:19; Judg 17:5, Judg 18:17-18; Hos 3:4

that he might Lev 19:31, Lev 20:27; Deut 18:10-12; Isa 8:20; Rom 3:20; Jas 1:25

the book 2Kgs 22:8-13; 2Chr 34:14-19


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am 3363-3394, bc 641-610

unto him 2Kgs 18:5

that turned 2Kgs 23:3; Deut 4:29, Deut 6:5; 1Kgs 2:4, 1Kgs 8:48, 1Kgs 15:5; Jer 29:13

according Neh 10:29; Mal 4:4; John 1:17, John 7:19


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Notwithstanding 2Kgs 21:11-13, 2Kgs 22:16-17, 2Kgs 24:2, 2Kgs 24:4; 2Chr 36:16; Jer 3:7-10, Jer 15:1-4

provocations Heb. angers


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I will remove 2Kgs 17:18, 2Kgs 17:20, 2Kgs 18:11, 2Kgs 21:13, 2Kgs 24:3, 2Kgs 25:11; Deut 29:27-28; Ezek 23:32-35

out of my sight Ps 51:11; Jer 31:37, Jer 33:24; Lam 2:7

My name 2Kgs 21:4, 2Kgs 21:7; 1Kgs 8:29, 1Kgs 9:3


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the rest 2Kgs 20:20


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am 3394, bc 610

Pharaohnechoh Pharaoh-nechoh, called Νεκως, Necos, the son of Psammiticus, by Herodotus, was now was now marching "to make war upon the Medes and Babylonians, who had dissolved the Assyrian empire," the king of the latter being the famous Nabopollasar, who had also become king of Assyria. 2Kgs 23:33-34, 2Kgs 23:35; 2Chr 35:20-24; Jer 46:2

Euphrates 2Kgs 24:7; 2Chr 35:20; Jer 46:2

Josiah went 2Chr 35:20-23

slew him 2Kgs 22:20; Eccl 8:14, Eccl 9:1-2; Isa 57:1-2; Rom 11:33

Megiddo Megiddo, called Μαγδολον, Magdolum, by Herodotus, was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan, in the valley of Jezreel, and not far fron Hadad-Rimmon, or Maximianopolis. This shews that Josiah reigned over the country formerly possessed by the ten tribes; and it is also probable, that Nechoh had landed his troops at or near Cesarea of Palestine. 2Kgs 9:27; Josh 17:11; Judg 1:27, Judg 5:19; 1Kgs 4:12; Zech 12:11, Megiddon, Rev 16:16, Armageddon

he had seen him 2Kgs 14:8, 2Kgs 14:11


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servants 2Kgs 9:28; 1Kgs 22:33-38; 2Chr 35:24

the people 2Kgs 14:21, 2Kgs 21:24; 2Chr 36:1, 2Chr 36:2-4


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Jehoahaz 1Chr 3:15; Jer 22:11, Shallum

Hamutal 2Kgs 24:18


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2Kgs 21:2-7, 2Kgs 21:21-22


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put him 2Chr 36:3-4; Ezek 19:3-4

Riblah Theodoret (in Jer 46:1-28), expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. Κωμη δε εστιν η Ρεβλαθα της νυν καλουμενης Εμεσης. Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles se of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins. 2Kgs 25:6; Num 34:11; Jer 39:5-6, Jer 52:9-10, Jer 52:26-27

Hamath Num 13:21; 1Kgs 8:65

that he might not reign or, because he reigned

put etc. Heb. set a mulct upon the land. 2Kgs 18:14; Exod 21:22; 2Chr 36:3; Prov 19:19


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Eliakim Josh 18:18; 2Chr 36:3-4

the son 1Chr 3:15

turned 2Kgs 24:17; Gen 41:45; Dan 1:7

Jehoiakim "Called Jakim, Matt 1:11."

he came Jer 22:11-12; Ezek 19:3-4


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the silver 2Kgs 23:33

taxed 2Kgs 15:19-20


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am 3394-3405, bc 610-599

Jehoiakim 1Chr 3:15; 2Chr 36:5; Jer 1:3

Rumah Josephus here reads Abuma; but he also speaks of Ruma, a village of Galilee.


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he did Jer 22:13-17, Jer 26:20-23, Jer 36:23-26, Jer 36:31; Ezek 19:5-9

all that 2Chr 28:22-25, 2Chr 33:4-10, 2Chr 33:22-23


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