New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Kings 23:10-14
101He also defiled 2Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, 3so that no one would make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for 4Molech. 11And he did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the 5sun, at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was at the 6covered courtyard; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12The king also tore down 7the altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and 8the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord; and he 9smashed them there and 10threw their dust into the brook Kidron. 13And the king defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, which were on the right of 11the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for 12Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for 13Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon. 1414He also smashed to pieces the memorial stones and cut down the 15Asherim, and 16filled their places with human bones.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 23:10 Is 30:33; Jer 7:31, 32; 19:4-6 ↩
- 2. 2 Kings 23:10 I.e., place of burning ↩
- 3. 2 Kings 23:10 Lev 18:21 ↩
- 4. 2 Kings 23:10 1 Kin 11:7 ↩
- 5. 2 Kings 23:11 Deut 4:19; Job 31:26; Ezek 8:16 ↩
- 6. 2 Kings 23:11 Meaning of the Heb uncertain ↩
- 7. 2 Kings 23:12 Jer 19:13; Zeph 1:5 ↩
- 8. 2 Kings 23:12 2 Kin 21:5; 2 Chr 33:5 ↩
- 9. 2 Kings 23:12 Or ran from there ↩
- 10. 2 Kings 23:12 2 Kin 23:4, 6 ↩
- 11. 2 Kings 23:13 1 Kin 11:7 ↩
- 12. 2 Kings 23:13 1 Kin 11:5 ↩
- 13. 2 Kings 23:13 Num 21:29 ↩
- 14. 2 Kings 23:14 Deut 7:5, 25 ↩
- 15. 2 Kings 23:14 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah) ↩
- 16. 2 Kings 23:14 2 Kin 23:16 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Kings 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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