2 Kings 23:4-5
4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ▼▼ Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
and the guards ▼▼ Or “doorkeepers.”
to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ▼▼ Heb “for.”
Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ▼ The king ▼▼ Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ▼▼ Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ▼ 5He eliminated ▼▼ Perhaps, “destroyed.”
the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices ▼▼ Or “burn incense.”
on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices ▼▼ Or “burned incense.”
to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)
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