Lièwángjìxià 23:13

13 Cóng qián Yǐsèliè wáng Suǒluómén zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng qián , xié pì shān yòubiān wèi Xīdùn rén kĕ zēng de shén Yàsītālù , Móyē rén kĕ zēng de shén jī mò , Yàmén rén kĕ zēng de shén mǐ lè gōng suǒ zhú de qiū tán , wáng dōu wūhuì le ,

Lièwángjìxià 23:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:13

And the high places that were before Jerusalem
Not only that were within the city, and at the gates of it, but what were without it:

which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption:
the mount of Olives, so called from the idolatry and corrupt worship performed in it, by way of reproach, with a small alteration of the letters of the word (tyxvm) for (hxvm) ; at the right hand, or south of this mountain, as the Targum; though others say ^F17, on the north side of the mount of Olives, four furlongs or half a mile from Jerusalem, were high places:

which Solomon king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination
of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites,
and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon;
of which (See Gill on 1 Kings 11:5) (See Gill on 1 Kings 11:7)

did the king defile;
by casting unclean things into them. Rauwolff ^F18 says,

``before Mount Zion toward the south, at the other side of the rivulet Kidron, lies the mount of transgression, called Mashith, ( 2 Kings 23:13 ) , this is higher and steeper than any hereabout; there you still see some old walls of habitations, wherein the concubines of Solomon did live;''

and Mr. Maundrell ^F19 observes, that below the hill stands now a village called Siloe, where it is said he kept them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Vid Adrichom. Theatrum T. S. p. 171.
F18 Travels, par. 3. c. 4. p. 233.
F19 Journey from Aleppo p. 102.

Lièwángjìxià 23:13 In-Context

11 Yòu jiāng Yóudà liè wáng zaì Yēhéhuá diàn mén páng , taì jiān Nádān mǐ lè kàojìn yóu láng de wūzi , xiàng rìtou suǒ xiàn de mǎ feì qù , qiĕ yòng huǒ fùnshāo rì chē .

12 Yóudà liè wáng zaì Yàhāsī lóu dǐng shàng suǒ zhú de tán hé Mǎnáxī zaì Yēhéhuá diàn liǎng yuàn zhōng suǒ zhú de tán , wáng dōu chāihuǐ dá suì le , jiù bǎ huī dǎo zaì Jílúnxī zhōng .

13 Cóng qián Yǐsèliè wáng Suǒluómén zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng qián , xié pì shān yòubiān wèi Xīdùn rén kĕ zēng de shén Yàsītālù , Móyē rén kĕ zēng de shén jī mò , Yàmén rén kĕ zēng de shén mǐ lè gōng suǒ zhú de qiū tán , wáng dōu wūhuì le ,

14 Yòu dá suì zhù xiàng , kǎn xià mùǒu , jiāng rén de gútou chōngmǎn le nà dìfang .

15 Tā jiāng Bótèlì de tán , jiù shì jiào Yǐsèliè rén xiàn zaì zuì lǐ , ní bā de érzi Yéluóbōān suǒ zhú de nà tán , dōu chāihuǐ fùnshāo , dá suì chéng huī , bìng fùnshāo le yà shĕ là .