2 Kings 23
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New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Kings 23:4-6

4Then the kingH4428 commandedH6680 HilkiahH2518 the highH1419 priestH3548 and 1the priestsH3548 of the secondH4932 order and the 2doorkeepersH8104H5592, 3to bringH3318 out of the templeH1964 of the LordH3068 allH3605 the vesselsH3627 that were madeH6213 for BaalH1168, for 4AsherahH842, and for allH3605 the hostH6635 of heavenH8064; and 5he burnedH8313 them outsideH4480H2351 JerusalemH3389 in the fieldsH7709 of the KidronH6939, and carriedH5375 their ashesH6083 to BethelH1008.

5He didH7673 awayH7673 with the idolatrousH3649 priestsH3649 whomH834 the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had appointedH5414 to burnH6999 incenseH6999 in the highH1116 placesH1116 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 and in the surroundingH4524 areaH4524 of JerusalemH3389, also those who burnedH6999 incenseH6999 to BaalH1168, to the sunH8121 and to the moonH3394 and to the constellationsH4208 and to allH3605 the 6hostH6635 of heavenH8064.

6He broughtH3318 out the AsherahH842 from the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 outsideH4480H2351 JerusalemH3389 to the brookH5158 KidronH6939, and burnedH8313 it at the brookH5158 KidronH6939, and 7groundH1854 it to dustH6083, and 8threwH7993 its dustH6083 on the gravesH6913 of the 9commonH1121 peopleH5971.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kin 25:18; Jer 52:24 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 23:4 Lit keepers of the threshold ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kin 21:3, 7; 2 Chr 33:3 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 23:4 I.e. a wooden symbol of a female deity, and so throughout the ch ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kin 23:15 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 23:5 2 Kin 21:3 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 23:6 2 Kin 23:15 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 23:6 2 Chr 34:4 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 23:6 Lit sons of the people ↩

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