Commentaries:John Wesley's Notes
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2 Kings 16:14
Brazen attar - Of burnt - offerings, made by Solomon, and placed there by God's appointment. From between, etc. - His new altar was at first set below the brazen altar, and at a farther distance from the temple. This he took for a disparagement to his altar; and therefore impiously takes that away, and puts his in its place. And put, etc. - So he put God's altar out of its place and use! A bolder stroke than the very worst of kings had hitherto given to religion.
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