2 Kings 23:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, 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. The workers with familiar spirits - See on 2 Kings 21:5 (note).

And the images - The teraphim. See the note on Genesis 31:19.

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.