2 Kings 23:13

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Cross-reference

1 Kings 11:33 Historical context

1 Kings 11:33 lists the same three foreign gods—Ashtoreth, Chemosh, Milcom—for which Solomon built high places, the very ones Josiah desecrates.

1 Kings 11:7 Historical context

1 Kings 11:7 records Solomon building high places for Chemosh and Molech — the very structures Josiah later defiles in this verse.

1 Kings 11:5 Historical context

1 Kings 11:7 records Solomon building high places for Chemosh and Molech — the very structures Josiah later defiles in this verse.

Deuteronomy 27:15 curses making carved idols — Solomon's high places for foreign abominations are exactly such idols Josiah defiled.

Jeremiah 48:46 pronounces woe on Moab and its god Chemosh — the very abomination for which Solomon built a high place.

Jeremiah 11:13 laments many altars to Baal and shame in Judah, including Solomon's high places for foreign abominations.

Jeremiah 3:2 condemns idolatrous 'whoredom' on high places — the very sites Solomon built on the Mount of Corruption.

Deuteronomy 32:16 says Israel provoked God with strange gods and abominations — Solomon's high places fit this pattern of provoking jealousy.

Jeremiah 48:7 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 48:7 prophesies Chemosh's exile—Josiah's desecration of Chemosh's high place parallels this judgment.

Jeremiah 48:13 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 48:13 says Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh—Josiah's destruction of Chemosh's high place enacts that shame.

Judges 11:24 references Chemosh as a god of possession—the same god whose high place Josiah destroys here.

Nehemiah 13:26 Historical context

Nehemiah 13:26 notes Solomon's sin with foreign women leading to idolatry — the background to the high places he built.

Numbers 21:29 mentions Chemosh, the Moabite god—the same one for whom Solomon built a high place that Josiah destroys.

Amos 5:26 Allusion

Amos 5:26 condemns worship of foreign idols carried into exile — the same kind of high places Solomon built that Josiah destroyed.

Zephaniah 1:5 condemns swearing by Milcom—the same Ammonite god whose high place Solomon built and Josiah destroys.

1 Samuel 12:10 confesses serving Ashtaroth — the same idol Solomon later enshrined.

1 Samuel 7:4 records Israel putting away Ashtaroth — a reform parallel to Josiah's actions, though earlier.

Judges 10:6 Parallel

Judges 10:6 lists Ashtaroth and other foreign gods — the same pantheon Solomon accommodated.

2 Chronicles 15:8 records Asa removing detestable idols from Judah, a parallel reform to Josiah's defilement of Solomon's high places.

2 Chronicles 30:14 describes Hezekiah removing altars in Jerusalem, similar to Josiah's cleansing of high places east of the city.

Judges 2:13 Parallel

Judges 2:13 mentions Israel serving Ashtaroth — the same goddess for whom Solomon built a high place here.