Deuteronomy 17:3

the sun.

4:19; 2Ki 21:3; Job 31:26,27; Jer 8:2; Eze 8:16

which.

Jer 7:22,23,31; 19:5; 32:35

2 Kings 23:4-5

priests of the second order.These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priest's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the References.

1Ch 24:4-19; Mt 26:3; 27:1

the keepers.

22:4; 1Ch 26:1-19

to bring.

21:3,7; 2Ch 33:3,7; 34:3,4

Baal.

17:16; Jud 2:13; 1Ki 16:31; 18:19,26,40; 19:18; Isa 27:9; Jer 7:9

Kidron.

2Sa 15:23; Joh 18:1

Cedron. Beth-el.

1Ki 12:29; Ho 4:15; Am 4:4

put down. Heb. caused to cease. the idolatrous priests.Heb. Chemarim.

Ho 10:5; *marg:"Foretold. Zep 1:4, 5."

planets. or, twelve signs, or constellations.So the Vulgate {duodecim signa,} "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word {mazzaloth,} from the Arabic {manzeel,} a {caravanserai,} house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words {tereysar mazzalaya,} to denote the signs of the zodiac.

all the host.

21:3,4; Jer 8:1,2; 44:17-19

2 Kings 23:11

the sun.

5; 2Ch 14:5; 34:4; Eze 8:16

house of the Lord.Throughout the East, the horse because of his swiftness and utility, was dedicated to the sun; and the Greeks and Romans feigned that the chariot of the sun was drawn by four horses, Pyrous, Eous, Aithon, and Phlegon: and hence also chariots were dedicated to that luminary. Jarchi says, that those who adored the sun had horses, which they mounted every morning, to go out to meet him at his rising. The kings of Judah had imitated these idolatrous customs, and kept the horses of the sun even at the entrance of the temple of the Lord!

chamberlain. or, eunuch, or officer.

Job 31:26-27

beheld.

Ge 1:16-18; De 4:19; 11:16; 17:3; 2Ki 23:5,11; Jer 8:2; Eze 8:16

sun. Heb. light. the moon.

Ps 8:3,4; Jer 44:17

in brightness. Heb. bright.

my heart.

De 11:16; 13:6; Isa 44:20; Ro 1:21,28

my mouth hath kissed my hand. Heb. my hand hath kissed mymouth.

1Ki 19:18; Ps 2:12; Ho 13:2

Jeremiah 8:2

and all.

19:13; 44:17-19; De 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 17:16; 21:3,5; 23:5; 2Ch 33:3-5

Eze 8:16; Zep 1:5; Ac 7:42

they shall be.

9:22; 16:4; 22:19; 36:30; 2Ki 9:36,37; Ps 83:10; Ec 6:3; Zep 1:17

Ezekiel 8:16

the inner.

10:3; 40:28; 43:5; 45:19

at the door.

2Ki 16:14; 2Ch 7:7; Joe 2:17

about.

11:1

with their.

23:35; 1Ki 8:29; 2Ch 29:6; Jer 2:27; 32:33

their faces.

De 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 23:5,11; Job 31:26-28; Jer 44:17; Ac 7:42,43

and they.It seems that the Jews had incorporated every species of idolatry into their worship, Egyptian, Phoenician, and Persian; for this evidently was the Magian worship of the sun.

Amos 5:25-26

Le 17:7; De 32:17-19; Jos 24:14; Ne 9:18,21; Isa 43:23,24

Eze 20:8,16,24; Ho 9:9,10; Zec 7:5; Ac 7:42,43

the tabernacle of your Moloch. or, Siccuth your king.

Le 18:21; 20:2-5; 1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 23:12,13

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