2Ki 23:4 | TNotes | STEP | 23:4 remove ... all the articles: Josiah eliminated from the Temple detestable items associated with pagan worship. • terraces of the Kidron Valley: This area, near the Valley of Ben-Hinnom where the loathsome Molech rituals of child sacrifice had been carried out, became a place where ashes and dead bodies were taken (Jer 26:23 ). • Taking the ashes away to Bethel , where Jeroboam had erected one of his cult altars (1 Kgs 12:28-29 ), would defile the site forever.

bJer 26:23►

c1 Kgs 12:28-29►

‏ 2 Kings 23:4

23:4 ^a remove ... all the articles: Josiah eliminated from the Temple detestable items associated with pagan worship.

• terraces of the Kidron Valley: This area, near the Valley of Ben-Hinnom where the loathsome Molech rituals of child sacrifice had been carried out, became a place where ashes and dead bodies were taken (Jer 26:23 ^b).

• Taking the ashes away to Bethel, where Jeroboam had erected one of his cult altars (1 Kgs 12:28-29 ^c), would defile the site forever.