2 KINGS 23:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.”
The king also defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites — Josiah systematically defiles the high places Solomon had erected for foreign deities: Ashtoreth (the Sidonian goddess), Chemosh (the Moabite deity), and Milcom (the Ammonite god). The reference to Solomon's apostasy introduces a historical irony: even David's successor erected high places for foreign gods, establishing a pattern of institutional apostasy that subsequent kings perpetuated. Josiah's destruction reverses even Solomonic apostasy.
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