Priests — Belonging to the high — places following, whether such as worshipped idols; or such as worshipped God in those forbidden places. Defiled — By burning dead mens bones upon them, or by putting them to some other unclean use. From Geba — The northern border of the kingdom of Judah. Beer — sheba — The southern border, from one end to the other. Gates — Which were erected by the gates of the city here mentioned, to the honour of their tutelary gods, whom after the manner of the heathen they owned for the protectors of their city and habitations. The governor — This circumstance is noted to shew Josiah's great zeal and impartiality, in rooting out all monuments of idolatry, without any respects unto those great persons who were concerned in them.
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2 Kings 23:8
8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.