2 Kings 23
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2 Kings 23:4-8

4And the kingH4428 commandedH6680 Hilkijah the high priestH3548, and the priestsH3548 of the secondH4932 order, and the doorkeepers, to bringH3318 forthH3318 out of the templeH1964 of Jehovah all the vesselsH3627 that had been madeH6213 for BaalH1168, and for the AsherahH842, and for all the hostH6635 of the heavensH8064; and he burnedH8313 them outside JerusalemH3389 in the fieldsH7709 of KidronH6939, and carriedH5375 the ashes of them to Bethel.

5And he abolished the idolatrous priestsH3649, whom the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had ordained to burn incenseH6999 on the highH1116 placesH1116 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and the environs of JerusalemH3389; and them that burned incenseH6999 to BaalH1168, to the sunH8121, and to the moonH3394, and to the constellations, and to all the hostH6635 of heavenH8064.

6And he broughtH3318 out the AsherahH842 from the houseH1004 of Jehovah, outside JerusalemH3389, to the torrent of KidronH6939, and burnedH8313 it at the torrent of KidronH6939, and stamped it small to powder, and castH7993 the powder upon the gravesH6913 of the children of the peopleH5971.

7And he brokeH5422 down the housesH1004 of the sodomites, which were in the houseH1004 of Jehovah, whereH834 the womenH802 wove tents for the AsherahH842.

8And he broughtH935 all the priestsH3548 out of the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and defiledH2930 the highH1116 placesH1116 whereH834 the priestsH3548 had burned incenseH6999, from GebaH1387 even to Beer-sheba; and he brokeH5422 down the highH1116 placesH1116 of the gatesH8179, those at the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179 of JoshuaH3091 the governor of the cityH5892, [and] those on the left handH8040 of any [goingH935 in] at the gateH8179 of the cityH5892.

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