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2 Kings 23:5-10

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.

9Neverthelessאַ֗ךְ'AkhH389thepriestsכֹּהֲנֵ֣יko.ha.NeiH3548ofthehighהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116cameH5927notuptothealtarמִזְבַּ֥חmiz.BachH4196ofJehovahinJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,buttheyateH398oftheunleavenedמַצּ֖וֹתma.TzotH4682breadH4682amongtheirbrethren.

10AndhedefiledH2930Tophethהַתֹּ֔פֶתha.To.fetH8612,whichisinthevalleyבְּגֵ֣יbe.GeiH1516ofthesonsH1121ofHinnomהִנֹּ֑םhi.NomH2011,thatnomanH376mightcausehissonH1121orhisdaughterבִּתּ֛וֹbi.ToH1323topassלְהַעֲבִ֨ירle.ha.'a.VirH5674throughthefireבָּאֵ֖שׁba.'EshH784toMolechלַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃la.Mo.lekhH4432.

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