2 Kings 23:5

And he burned the + 23:5 Heb. הבמויס.idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda had + 23:5 Gr. given.appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to + 23:5 Or, the twelve signs. Heb. ולמולות compare Job 38. 32.Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

In Context

4And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the + 23:4 The Gr. is from the Heb. word.fields of Kedron, and + 23:4 Gr. cast.took the ashes of them to Bæthel.

6And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burned it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to + 23:6 Or, ashes.powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people.

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Cross References

Job 38:32Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?

Jeremiah 44:17Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.

Zephaniah 1:4And I will stretch out mine hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests;

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:5-25

Josiah Reforms Judah. ( b. c. 623.) 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the… Read the whole commentary →

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