Amon's new Altars are called by his fathers name,becauſe they were built by his example,and in the very ſame place where his Fathers Altars were ; as the Walls which {aac digged in the ſame place, where Abraham had digged them before, were therefore called by their ancient names; Ger.26.15. See more on the next verſe. p The Prieſts and the Peoples. See <h.21.5. q Partly, to ſhew his deteſta- tion of them : and partly,to aboliſh the very remembrance of them as far ar he could. |
. 13 And the high places that were before Jeruſalem, which were on the right hand of che[|mount of corrup- tionr, which * Solomon the King of Ifrael had builded
/ for Aſhtorech, 7 the abomination « of the Zidonians,
Ammon, did the King defile.
r 7,e. The Mount of Olives, 1 King: 11.7, here called the moung of corruption, tor the grols Idolatry there: practiſed, which is oft ex- preſſed by the name of corruption. See Exod, 32,7. Deut+32. 5. In the Hebrew 1s an elegant alluſion between Miſcah, anointing, and Maſbcith, corruption, as there is between Bethel and Bethaven, Hoſ. 4. 15. | Not the ſame indvidual Altars ; which doubtleſs either Solomon upon his repentance,or ſome other of Jofah's Godly prede- ceflors had taken away long before this time ; but other. Altars built by Maneſſeh or Amon, which becauſe erected by Solomons ex- ample, and for the ſame ule, and in the ſame place, are called by his name ; this brand being left by the Holy Ghoſt upon his name and memory,as a juſt punithment of that abominable practice,and a mean to deter others from the 1ike.e Of which 8& the reſt,See on r King 1i-5.6,7- u 7.e. The Idol, fo called, becauſe it was abomi- nable, and miade them abominable to God.
14 And he * brake in pieces the f images, and cut
of men x.
out of their Graves, v.16.
15 4 Moreover, the altar that was at Beth-el y, and che high place * which Jeroboam the ſon of Nebat,who made Iſrael to ſin, had made, both that altar, and the high place z he brake down, «nd burnt the high place, and (tampt it ſmall ro powder, and burnt the grove.
» Qreff. How could he rigtitly do this, ſeing Berhel was a part of the Kingdom of 1/rael,nor of Judah? Anf, Either, Firſt, This City was now under the Kingdom of 7udah,to which 1t was added by 4- bijah long fince, 2 Chron 13.19. Or, Secondly, He did this by vertue of that ancient right which David & his Poſterity had to the King. dom of ljrael, which though ſuſpended for a time by Gods grant of the Ten Tribes to Jeroboam,and the ſucceeding Kings of Iſrael ; yet theſe being all exrin&t,it might ſeem to return to him,at leaft ſo far
runity,and eſpecially our of thoſe parts of it which bordered upon Judah. Or, Thirdly, The King of Babylon having engaged ii a War with the 4ſjrian,Hezekiah's great Enemy,& aaving thereupon occaſi- on for Hezekiahs Friendſhip, did ( as ſome ſuppoſe ) enlarge his
f Dominion, and give him tome power over the ingdom of 1ſrael,
at leaft as ro matters of Religion: Which may ſeem not 1mproba= ble from 2 Chr.30.1,4,5,6. And the ſame power ſeems to have been
_continued,and ſome kind of League made between the King of Ba-
bylon and Manaſſth ( who thereupon was reſtored to his Kingdom, 2 Chron.33.13.)and after him Joſiah,who therefore was ſo zealous in his quarrel againſt the King of Egygr,2 Chron, z 5420,0c. Or, Fourthly, He did it in purſuance of Gods prediQtion concerning this Afton, 1 King. 13. 2+ Which ( in a matter ſo good, and ſo agreeable to was) had the force of a Warrant or command upon him to do it, as Gods predittion of the Converſion of the Gentiles by the Meſſias,was a command to his Apoſtles to preach to them, 4#513. 47. z Which ſeems to have been ſome little Temple or Houſe ere&ed for that Worſhip, or for the Prieſts attending upon ir. :
16 And as Joſiah turned himſelf a, he ſpied the ſepul- chres that were there in the mount, and fenc and rook the bones our of the fepulchres, and burnt :hew upon the alcar, and pollated it, according to the * the LORD, which the man of God proclaimed, who
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a Jofiah's car? and zeal was ſo great, that he would not truſt his Officers with theſe things,but would ſce them done with his own Eyes. 6 30o years before it was done.
pot Then he ſaid, Whar tiile 5s that that [ ſee c? And |, Kino: 5 men of the city told him, 1: 5s the ſepulchre of Ef oY the man of God, which came from Judah,and proclaim- | ed theſe things that thou haſt done again the aitar of Beth-el. = ; i=
c It was the manner then, as now it is, to ſer up little Pillars or Stones, by,or upon the Graves of the higher ſort of Men,upon which the name of the perſon, and ſome Remarkable paſſages re- lating to him, were Engraven. :
18 And he ſaid, let him alone : let no man move his |
+ Heb. bones : ſo they let his bones + alone with the bones |
eſcape. of * the prophet that came 4 out of Samariac *1King- J Which were now mixed together. « The Place of his Birth ' 13-11 or former abode, though now he were in Bethel, 1 Sam-13.11.
19 And all the Houſes alſo of the high places that were in theCities of Samaria f,which the kings of Iſrael had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Joſiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he
had done in Bethel. F By what Authority he did this, ſee on ver. rs. Or, 20 And he || * ſlew ail the prieſts of the high placesg, | + that were there upon the Attars b,and burnt mens bones
*Exod. ypon them, and returned to Jeruſalem.