familiar spirits. See note on Leviticus 19:31.
images. teraphim. household gods.
idols. manufactured gods.
put. clear.
Hilkiah the priest found. See 2 Kings 22:8, &c.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 23:24
2 Kings 23:24
24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images,h and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.