Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
A temple had been built to Baal at Jerusalem itself by Athaliah, Ahaziah, or Jehoram. According to Josephus, it was constructed in the reign of Jehoram. Its exact position is uncertain.
Images - The word used here is not the same as in II Kings 10:26, but a word which implies likeness. The Phoenicians had fashioned images, besides their unfashioned pillar-idols.
The priest appointed ... - The temple worship having been discontinued during Athaliah' s rule, it devolved on Jehoiada now to re-establish it (see marginal reference). He had already summoned the Levites out of all the cities of Judah II Chronicles 23:2, and had made use of them in the events of the day. He therefore proceeded at once to assign the custody of the temple to a particular course, before conducting the young king to the palace.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 11:18:
Leviticus 4:27
2 Kings 21:3
2 Kings 21:7
Psalms 39:6
Daniel 2:31
Zephaniah 1:4
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