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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 23:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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23:15-17 Jeroboam had built the altar at Bethel to encourage Israelites to worship at centers closer to home rather than going to Jerusalem (1 Kgs 12:26-31). Josiah’s desecration of the site followed the stipulations of the law (Deut 7:5; 12:3) and fulfilled the earlier prophecy of the man of God who had denounced the altar (1 Kgs 13:1-3).
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