2 Kings 23:8 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →He gathers the priests from Judah's towns and defiles every high place from one end of the land to the other.
What Does 2 Kings 23:8 Mean?
Josiah brings the priests in from the towns of Judah and renders unusable the high places where they had offered incense, sweeping the whole land from Geba in the north to Beersheba in the south. Even the shrines at the city gates are torn down.
The phrase 'from Geba to Beersheba' covers the nation end to end; the reform reaches everywhere. Half-measures leave hidden corners untouched, but Josiah allows none. So the Lord desires to cleanse every part of a life, leaving no quarter where old idols may quietly remain.
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What does 2 Kings 23:8 mean?
He gathers the priests from Judah's towns and defiles every high place from one end of the land to the other.