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2 Kings 23:5

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 23:5

Verse 5 of 37

Scripture focus

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 23:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 23:5

Theological / Devotional

Had ordained. Jeroboam had “made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi” (1 Kings 12:31). The practice of Manasseh and Amon was probably the same.

Round about Jerusalem. See v. 13.

Unto Baal. The enumeration of these various gods gives an indication of the extent to which the people of Judah had forsaken the Lord. The gods are probably listed in terms of the degrees of veneration in which they were held. Baal was the great storm god (see on 1 Kings 16:31).

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