Lièwángjìxià 23:12

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 .

Lièwángjìxià 23:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:12

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of
Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made
Which were on the roof of the royal palace; the roofs of houses in Judah being flat, ( Deuteronomy 21:8 ) altars might be built upon them; so, in Arabia, altars were built on the tops of houses to offer incense thereon daily to the sun ^F16; as here by Manasseh and Amon very probably, which might be chosen because nearer the heavens; for which reason the Heathens made use of high places to worship in, see ( Jeremiah 19:13 ) ( 32:29 ) ( Zephaniah 1:5 )

and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house
of the Lord;
( 2 Kings 21:5 )

did the king beat down;
ordered to be demolished:

and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the
brook Kidron;
that there might be no remains of them to be put to any superstitious use.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Strabo, Geograph l. 16. p. 539.

Lièwángjìxià 23:12 In-Context

10 Yòu wūhuì Xīnnènzǐ gǔ de tuó fĕi tè , bù xǔ rén zaì nàli shǐ érnǚ jīng huǒ xiàn gĕi mó luò .

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 .