Second order — Either those two who were next in degree to the high — priest, and in case of sickness were to manage his work: or the heads of the twenty four courses which David had appointed. The grove — The image of the grove: it being most frequent to call images by the names of the persons or things which they represent. The fields — Adjoining to the brook of Kidron. To Beth — el — To shew his abhorrence of them, and that he would not give the ashes of them a place in his kingdom: and to pollute and disgrace that place which had been the chief seat and throne of idolatry.
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2 Kings 23:4
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.