inner court] Into which it was lawfull for none but Priests to go. Whereby may be gathered that these were such idolaters as worshipped the Sunne, which is confirmed by Ezekiel 9. 6.
the porch] Which was in the frontispice or forepart of the Basilick of the Temple. 1 Kings 6:3.
five and twentie men] Chap. 11. 1.
backs toward the temple] For a signe that they had utterly renounced God and his service.
the sunne toward the east] Deuteronomy 4:19. 2 Kings 23:5. 11. Job 31:26. Jeremiah 44:17.