And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
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Gill's Exposition
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars,.... On which they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, above…
Barnes' Notes
The images - Margin, sun-images. See Lev 26:30 note.
Adam Clarke
The altars of Baalim - How often have these been broken down, and how soon set up again! We see that the religion of a land is as the religion of its king. If the king were idolatrous, up went the…
Concerning Josiah we are here told, 1. That he came to the crown when he was very young, only eight years old (yet his infancy did not debar him from his right), and he reigned thirty-one years (Ch2…
Cambridge Bible
Baalim R.V. the Baalim; cp. 2Ch 33:3 (note).
the images R.V. the sun-images (so 2Ch 34:7 for "the idols"). See 2Ki 23:11.
he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images R.V. he hewed down; and the…
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