2Ki 23:4-6, Pro 5:14, Jer 7:30, 23:11, Eze 5:11, 7:20-22, 8:9, 17, 23:38-39 | ESV | STEP | And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal , for Asherah , and for all the host of heaven . He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel .

ab[See ver. 20 above]

ac[See ver. 20 above]

ae[See ver. 20 above]

afSee ch. 5:11

agSee ch. 2:1

ahSee ch. 5:11

ai[ch. 7:11, 23]

aj Jer. 7:18, 19; [ch. 20:28]

alSee ch. 5:11

amSee ch. 20:13

an ver. 37; ch. 16:20, 21, 36

ao ch. 44:7

ap[2 Kgs. 21:4]; See Jer. 23:11

2 Kings 23:4-6

4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests ^aof the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for ^bBaal, for ^cAsherah, and for all the host of heaven. ^dHe burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 And he deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon and the constellations ^eand all the host of the heavens. 6 And he brought out ^fthe Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, ^gand burned it at the brook Kidron ^hand beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves ⁱof the common people.

Proverbs 5:14

14 ^jI am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”

Jeremiah 7:30

The Valley of Slaughter

30 “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set ^ktheir detestable things in the house ^lthat is called by my name, to ^mdefile it.

Jeremiah 23:11

11 ⁿ“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even ^oin my house I have found their evil,

declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 5:11

11 Therefore, ^pas I live, declares the Lord God, surely, ^qbecause you have defiled my sanctuary ^rwith all your detestable things and with all your ^sabominations, ^ttherefore I will withdraw. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down} ^vMy eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

Ezekiel 7:20-22

20 ^wHis beautiful ornament they used for pride, and ^xthey made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore ^yI make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of ^zforeigners for prey, ^aaand to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and ^abthey shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and ^acthey shall profane my treasured ^{▼▼Or secret} place. Robbers shall enter ^aeand profane it.

Ezekiel 8:9

9 And he said to me, “Go in, and see ^afthe vile abominations that they are committing here.”

Ezekiel 8:17

17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^agson of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^ahthe abominations that they commit here, that ^aithey should fill the land with violence and ^ajprovoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their ^{▼▼Or my} nose.

Ezekiel 23:38-39

38 Moreover, this they have done to me: ^althey have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and ^amprofaned my Sabbaths. 39 For when ^anthey had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day ^aothey came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, ^apthis is what they did in my house.