SEV Biblia, Chapter 23:6
Hizo también sacar la entalladura del bosque fuera de la Casa del SEÑOR, fuera de Jerusalén, al arroyo de Cedrón, y la quemó en el arroyo de Cedrón, y la tornó en polvo, y echó el polvo de ella sobre los sepulcros de los hijos del pueblo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:6
Verse 6. He brought out the grove] He brought out the idol Asherah. See at the end of chap. xxi. 26. Upon the graves of the children of the people.] I believe this; means the burial-place of the common people.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord , etc.] Not a real grove of trees, but a carved one, as some think; or rather the image of the grove, ( 2 Kings 21:7) that is, the idol Ashtoreth, or Astarte, which was set up there; so Theodoret says; some interpreters call it Astoreth, the name of Venus, whom they call Astarte: this Josiah ordered to be brought without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron ; the black brook, where the filth of the sacrifices was carried: and stamped it small to powder ; as Moses did the golden calf: and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people ; the common people, (see Jeremiah 26:23) or rather on the graves of the worshippers of idols, as it seems from ( 2 Chronicles 34:4) the Targum is, ``on the graves of the children of Galia,” which, Kimchi says, is the name of an idol; this was done partly in contempt of the idol, groves being, according to law, impure; and partly to the reproach of the deceased, and the memory of them, for their idolatry, and to deter from it those that survived them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 4-14 - What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where his dwelling-plac was, such abominations should be found. Josiah had reigned eightee years, and had himself set the people a good example, and kept u religion according to the Divine law; yet, when he came to search for idolatry, the depth and extent were very great. Both common history and the records of God's word, teach, that all the real godliness of goodness ever found on earth, is derived from the new-creating Spiri of Jesus Christ.
Original Hebrew
ויצא 3318 את 853 האשׁרה 842 מבית 1004 יהוה 3068 מחוץ 2351 לירושׁלם 3389 אל 413 נחל 5158 קדרון 6939 וישׂרף 8313 אתה 853 בנחל 5158 קדרון 6939 וידק 1854 לעפר 6083 וישׁלך 7993 את 853 עפרה 6083 על 5921 קבר 6913 בני 1121 העם׃ 5971
