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2 Kings 23:9

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

KJV

Verumtamen non ascendebant sacerdotes excelsorum ad altare Domini in Jerusalem : sed tantum comedebant azyma in medio fratrum suorum.

Vulgate

πλὴν οὐκ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἔφαγον ἄζυμα ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν.

LXX

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

ASV

אַ֗ךְ לֹ֤א יַֽעֲלוּ֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַ/בָּמ֔וֹת אֶל מִזְבַּ֥ח יְהוָ֖ה בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּ֛י אִם אָכְל֥וּ מַצּ֖וֹת בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ אֲחֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מַצּ֖וֹת
mtsvt
noun · 53×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezek 44:10 — And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
  • Ezek 44:13 — And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations w