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2 Kings 23:6-20

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.

11AndheabolishedthehorsesH5483thatthekingsמַלְכֵ֨יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063hadappointedtothesunלַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙la.She.meshH8121attheentranceofthehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofJehovah,bythechamberofNathan-melechthechamberlain,whichwasinthesuburbs,andburnedשָׂרַ֥ףsa.RafH8313thechariotsמַרְכְּב֥וֹתmar.ke.VotH4818ofthesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121,withfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

12Andthekingמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428brokeH5422downthealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּח֡וֹתha.miz.be.ChotH4196thatwereontheroofהַגָּג֩ha.GagH1406oftheupperעֲלִיַּ֨ת'a.li.YatH5944chamberH5944ofAhazאָחָ֜ז'a.ChazH271,whichthekingsהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063hadmadeH6213,andthealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּחוֹת֙ha.miz.be.chOtH4196thatManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehH4519hadmadeH6213inthetwoבִּשְׁתֵּ֛יbish.TeiH8147courtsofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah,andheshatteredthem, [removingthem]fromthence,andcastH7993thepowderofthemintothetorrentofKidronקִדְרֽוֹן׃kid.RonH6939.

13Andthehighהַבָּמ֞וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116thatwerebeforeJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,whichwereontherightH3225handH3225ofthemountofcorruption,whichSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֨הshe.lo.MohH8010thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478hadbuiltH1129forAshtoreththeabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441oftheZidonians,andforChemoshוְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ve.likh.mo.VoshH3645theabominationH8441oftheMoabites,andforMilcomוּלְמִלְכֹּ֖םu.le.mil.KomH4445theabominationH8441ofthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֑וֹןa.MonH5983,didthekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428defileH2930.

14AndhebrokeH7665inpiecesthecolumns,andcutוַיִּכְרֹ֖תvai.yikh.RotH3772downtheAsherahs,andfilledוַיְמַלֵּ֥אvay.ma.Le'H4390theirplaceמְקוֹמָ֖םme.ko.MamH4725withthebonesH6106ofmenH120.

15Moreoverthealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַha.miz.Be.achH4196thatwasatBethel,thehighהַבָּמָה֙ha.ba.MahH1116placeהַבָּמָ֖הha.ba.MahH1116thatJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֤םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָט֙ne.VatH5028,whocausedIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinהֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'H2398,hadmadeH6213,boththataltarהַמִּזְבֵּ֧חַha.miz.Be.achH4196andthehighהַבָּמָ֛הha.ba.MahH1116placeH1116hebrokeH5422downנָתָ֑ץna.TatzH5422;andburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ףvai.yis.RofH8313thehighH1116placeH1116, stampeditsmalltopowder,andburnedוְשָׂרַ֥ףve.sa.RafH8313theAsherahאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃'a.she.RahH842.

16AndJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977turnedוַיִּ֣פֶןvai.Yi.fenH6437himself,andsawH7200thesepulchresthatwerethereonthemount;andhesentH7971andtookH3947thebonesH6106outofthesepulchres,andburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.RofH8313[them]uponthealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196,anddefiledH2930it,accordingtothewordH1697ofJehovah,thatthemanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430hadproclaimedקָרָא֙ka.Ra'H7121,whoproclaimedקָרָ֔אka.Ra'H7121thesethingsH1697.

17ThenhesaidH559,WhattombstoneisthatwhichIseeרֹאֶ֑הro.'EhH7200?Andthemenאִישׁ־'ish-H376ofthecityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892toldhim,ItisthesepulchreofthemanH376ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430whocameH935fromJudahמִֽיהוּדָ֔הmi.hu.DahH3063andproclaimedוַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֤יםha.de.va.RimH1697whichthou hastdoneagainstthealtarהַמִּזְבַּ֥חha.miz.BachH4196ofBethel.

18AndhesaidH559,Lethimalone;letnomanH376movehisbonesH6106.AndtheysavedH4422hisbonesH6106,withthebonesH6106oftheprophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030thatcameבָּ֖אba'H935outofSamariaמִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃mi.sho.me.RonH8111.

19AndallthehousesH1004alsoוְגַם֩ve.GamH1571ofthehighהַבָּמ֜וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116thatwereinthecitiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofSamariaשֹׁמְר֗וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,whichthekingsמַלְכֵ֤יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadmadeH6213toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֔יסle.hakh.'IsH3707[Jehovah]toangerH3707,Josiahיֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977removedH5493,anddidtothemaccordingtoalltheactsH6213thathehaddoneinBethel.

20AndhesacrificedH2076uponthealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹתha.miz.be.ChotH4196allthepriestsכֹּהֲנֵ֨יko.ha.NeiH3548ofthehighהַבָּמ֤וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116thatwerethere,andburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֛ףvai.yis.RofH8313men'sbonesH6106uponthem.Andhereturnedוַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

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