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2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

KJV

Et præcepit rex Helciæ pontifici, et sacerdotibus secundi ordinis, et janitoribus, ut projicerent de templo Domini omnia vasa quæ facta fuerant Baal, et in luco, et universæ militiæ cæli : et combussit ea foris Jerusalem in convalle Cedron, et tulit pulverem eorum in Bethel.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Χελκείᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ τῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν τῆς δευτερώσεως καὶ τοῖς φυλάσσουσιν τὸν σταθμὸν ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ πεποιημένα τῷ Βάαλ καὶ τῷ ἄλσει καὶ πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ κατέκαυσεν αὐτὰ ἔξω Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν σαλημὼθ Κεδρών, καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν χοῦν αὐτῶν εἰς Βαιθήλ.

LXX

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

ASV

וַ/יְצַ֣ו הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ הַ/כֹּהֵ֨ן הַ/גָּד֜וֹל וְ/אֶת כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַ/מִּשְׁנֶה֮ וְ/אֶת שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַ/סַּף֒ לְ/הוֹצִיא֙ מֵ/הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֣ת כָּל הַ/כֵּלִ֗ים הָֽ/עֲשׂוּיִם֙ לַ/בַּ֣עַל וְ/לָֽ/אֲשֵׁרָ֔ה וּ/לְ/כֹ֖ל צְבָ֣א הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וַֽ/יִּשְׂרְפֵ֞/ם מִ/ח֤וּץ לִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ בְּ/שַׁדְמ֣וֹת קִדְר֔וֹן וְ/נָשָׂ֥א אֶת עֲפָרָ֖/ם בֵּֽית אֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

27 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
'shrh
proper_noun · 40×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּֽית
byt
proper_noun · 144×
בַּ֔עַל
b'l
proper_noun · 79×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ה
h
noun · 164×
הֵיכַ֣ל
hykl
noun · 79×
ו
v
noun · 324×
חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ
chlqyhv
proper_noun · 32×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מִּשְׁנֶ֑ה
mshnh
noun · 35×
סַּֽף
sp
noun · 32×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
קִדְר֔וֹן
qdrvn
proper_noun · 11×
שַׁדְמ֣וֹת
shdmvt
noun · 6×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 33:3 — For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
  • 2Chr 34:4 — And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, a
  • 2Kgs 21:3 — For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, an
  • 2Kgs 21:5 — And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
  • 2Kgs 21:7 — And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of
  • 2Kgs 25:18 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
  • Deut 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD
  • Zeph 1:4 — I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;