John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 23:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, etc.] The idolatrous priests who sacrificed to Baal, and other Heathen deities; for as for others that burnt incense in high places, yet to the true God, those he spared, though they were not suffered to officiate at the altar of God: the others he slew upon the altars; where they sacrificed: and burnt men’s bones upon them: the bones of the priests, and worshippers of idols, as he had done at Bethel: and returned to Jerusalem; after he had gone through the land, both of Judah and Israel, and abolished idolatrous worship everywhere.

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