Study it in the app“He put an end to the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and to those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens.”
He put an end toוְהִשְׁבִּיתthe idolatrous priestsאֶת הַכְּמָרִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרthe kingsמַלְכֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהhad appointedנָתְנוּto burn incenseוַיְקַטֵּרon the high placesבַּבָּמוֹתin the citiesבְּעָרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand aroundוּמְסִבֵּיJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםand to those who burned incenseוְאֶת הַמְקַטְּרִיםto Baal,לַבַּעַלto the sun,לַשֶּׁמֶשׁand to the moon,וְלַיָּרֵחַand to the constellations,וְלַמַּזָּלוֹתand to allוּלְכֹלthe armyצְבָאof the heavens.הַשָּׁמָיִם
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbit” appearsidolatrous priests
A priest of a worship foreign to YHWH. The Bible uses this word, always in the plural, only for priests of idols (2 Kings 23:5; Hosea 10:5; Zephaniah 1:4); for the priests of YHWH it uses another word.
Where else “kemarim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natnu” appearsburn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “yekater” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsaround
On every side; those all about.
Where else “mesibe” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearsmoon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appearsconstellations
Constellations: the groups of stars in the sky, to which incense was burned together with the sun and the moon (2 Kings 23:5). It appears only here.
Where else “mazalot” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tseva” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears“Idolatrous priests”: the Hebrew uses here a word different from the one that designates the priests of YHWH; it is said only of priests of other cults (Hosea 10:5; Zephaniah 1:4).
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
4The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out from the temple of YHWH all the utensils made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their dust to Bethel.
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6He brought out the Asherah from the house of YHWH, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.
