John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:8
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah ,.... Who were of the sons of Aaron, and had served in the high places there: and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense ; by casting dead carcasses, or the bones of dead men, or dung, or anything that was unclean, into them, by way of contempt: from Geba to Beersheba ; which were the northern and southern boundaries of the land of Judah: and brake down the high places of the gates : of the cities... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 23:4-24
We have here an account of such a reformation as we have not met with in all the history of the kings of Judah, such thorough riddance made of all the abominable things and such foundations laid of a glorious good work; and here I cannot but wonder at two things:?1. That so many wicked things should have got in, and kept standing so long, as we find here removed. 2. That notwithstanding the removal of these wicked things, and the hopeful prospects here given of a happy settlement, yet within a... read more