2 Kings 23:15-18 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:15

Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made. For the worship of the calf there: both that altar, and the high place, he brake down ; according to an ancient prophecy of the man of God, 1 Kings 13:3 and of Amos in later times, Amos 9:1 . and burnt the high place, and stamped it small to powder ; that there might be no remains of it: and burnt the grove ; either the grove of trees on it, or the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned himself ,.... From the high place, and the altar at Bethel; for he not only gave orders for the destroying of idolatrous places and idols, but he saw them executed himself: he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount ; the graves of idolatrous priests and worshippers, who chose to be buried near those places of idolatry; nor was it unusual for persons to be buried on hills and mountains, see Joshua 24:30 and this was a custom in other nations formerly ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:17

Then he said, what title is that that I see ?.... A high and large monument over a grave, with an inscription on it, more remarkable than any of the rest, which made Josiah take notice of it; and the Jews have a tradition, as Kimchi observes, that on one side of the grave grew nettles and thistles, and on the other side odoriferous herbs; which is not to be depended on; but what he further observes may be right, that the old prophet, as he gave orders to his sons to lay his body in the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:18

And he said, let him alone, let no man move his bones ,.... Not take them out of the grave, as they had done the rest: so they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria ; the old prophet, whereby his end was answered in being buried with him, 1 Kings 13:31 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned himself - This verse is much more complete in the Septuagint, and in the Hexaplar Syriac version at Paris. I shall give the whole, making a distinction where, in those versions, any thing is added: "And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and polluted it: according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed [when Jeroboam... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:17

What title is that - There was either a stone, an image, or an inscription here: the old prophet no doubt took care to have the place made sufficiently remarkable. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:18

The prophet that came out of Samaria - See the note on 1 Kings 13:32 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-25

Good aims and bad methods. "And the king sent," etc. Did the world ever contain a people more morally corrupt than that of the Jews? When we mark them journeying in the wilderness forty years, a more murmuring, disorderly, rebellious set of men where else could we discover? When settled in Palestine, a "land flowing with milk and honey" we find them committing every crime of which humanity is capable—adulteries, suicides, murders, ruthless wars, gross idolatries, their priests impostors,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-37

JOSIAH 'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT . HIS REFORMS AND DEATH . REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ . ACCESSION OF JEHOIAKIM . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 23:4-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-37

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