2 Kings 23:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits - (see the notes at Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:7.)

And the wizards - (see the notes at Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11.)

And the images, х hatªraapiym (H8655), the teraphim (Genesis 31:34; Judges 17:4; Zechariah 10:2; Hosea 3:4)] - all these Josiah exterminated.

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.