John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 23:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, etc.] Which were on the roof of the royal palace; the roofs of houses in Judah being flat, (<052108>Deuteronomy 21:8) altars might be built upon them; so, in Arabia, altars were built on the tops of houses to offer incense thereon daily to the sun f283; as here by Manasseh and Amon very probably, which might be chosen because nearer the heavens; for which reason the Heathens made use of high places to worship in, (see <241913>Jeremiah 19:13 32:29 <360105>Zephaniah 1:5) and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord; (<122105>2 Kings 21:5) did the king beat down; ordered to be demolished: and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron; that there might be no remains of them to be put to any superstitious use.

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