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2 Chronicles 32:12

2 Chronicles 32:12
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel,.... See Kg2 19:9.

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2 Chronicles 32:18

ch2 32:18

ch2 32:18

ch2 32:18Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

2 Chronicles 32:9-22

The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2Ki 18:17-19; where see the notes). 2Ch 32:10 In the siege - Perhaps “in straitness”…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 32:9-23

This story of the rage and blasphemy of Sennacherib, Hezekiah's prayer, and the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, we had more at large in the book of Kings, 2 Kings 18…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

his high places Cp. 2Ki 18:4, R.V. The "high places" (bâmôth) were properly sanctuaries of Jehovah, and not necessarily idolatrous in themselves. Yet in practice the bamothwere found to give shelter…