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2 Kings 23:4-8

4Andthekingהַמֶּ֡לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַ֣וvay.TzavH6680Hilkijahthehighpriestהַכֹּהֵ֨ןha.ko.HenH3548,andthepriestsכֹּהֲנֵ֣יko.ha.NeiH3548ofthesecondהַמִּשְׁנֶה֮ha.mish.NehH4932order,andthedoorkeepers,tobringלְהוֹצִיא֙le.ho.Tzi'H3318forthH3318outofthetempleמֵהֵיכַ֣לme.hei.KhalH1964ofJehovahallthevesselsH3627thathadbeenmadeH6213forBaalלַבַּ֣עַלla.Ba.'alH1168,andfortheAsherahוְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔הve.la.'a.she.RahH842,andforallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635oftheheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;andheburnedוַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞םvai.yis.re.FemH8313themoutsideJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙li.ru.sha.LimH3389inthefieldsבְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹתbe.shad.MotH7709ofKidronקִדְר֔וֹןkid.RonH6939,andcarriedH5375theashesofthemtoBethel.

5Andheabolishedtheidolatrouspriestsהַכְּמָרִ֗יםha.ke.ma.RimH3649,whomthekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063hadordainedtoburnincenseH6999onthehighבַּבָּמוֹת֙ba.ba.mOtH1116placesH1116inthecitiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,andtheenvironsofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389;andthemthatburnedincenseH6999toBaalלַבַּ֗עַלla.Ba.'alH1168,tothesunלַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁla.She.meshH8121,andtothemoonוְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ve.lai.ya.Re.achH3394,andtotheconstellations,andtoallthehostצְבָ֥אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

6AndhebroughtH3318outtheAsherahהָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ha.'a.she.RahH842fromthehouseמִבֵּ֨יתmi.BeitH1004ofJehovah,outsideJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙li.ru.sha.LimH3389,tothetorrentofKidronקִדְר֔וֹןkid.RonH6939,andburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.RofH8313itatthetorrentofKidronקִדְר֖וֹןkid.RonH6939,andstampeditsmalltopowder,andcastH7993thepowderuponthegravesH6913ofthechildrenofthepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971.

7AndhebrokeH5422downthehousesH1004ofthesodomites,whichwereinthehouseH1004ofJehovah,whereH834thewomenH802wove tentsfortheAsherahלָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃la.'a.she.RahH842.

8AndhebroughtH935allthepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548outofthecitiesמֵעָרֵ֣יme.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,anddefiledH2930thehighהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116whereH834thepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548hadburnedincenseH6999,fromGebaמִגֶּ֖בַעmi.Ge.va'H1387eventoBeer-sheba;andhebrokeH5422downthehighבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116ofthegatesH8179,thoseattheentranceפֶּ֜תַחPe.tachH6607ofthegateH8179ofJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'H3091thegovernorofthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892, [and]thoseonthelefthandH8040ofany[goingH935in]atthegateH8179ofthecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

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