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2 Kings 23:4-5
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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. 5 He eliminated[g] the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices[h] on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices[i] to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

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  1. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
  2. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “doorkeepers.”
  3. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “for.”
  4. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).
  5. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
  7. 2 Kings 23:5 tn Perhaps, “destroyed.”
  8. 2 Kings 23:5 tn Or “burn incense.”
  9. 2 Kings 23:5 tn Or “burned incense.”
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