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2 Kings 23:4
New English Translation
2 Kings 23:4
New English Translation
4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests,[a] and the guards[b] to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of[c] Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky.[d] The king[e] burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces[f] of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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- 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
- 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “doorkeepers.”
- 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “for.”
- 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).
- 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
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