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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 2 Chronicles 14:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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he took away . . . the high places--that is, those devoted to idolatrous rites. took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images--All public objects and relics of idolatry in Jerusalem and other cities through his kingdom were destroyed; but those high places where God was worshipped under the figure of an ox, as at Beth-el, were allowed to remain (Kg1 15:14); so far the reformation was incomplete.
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