2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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 Beth-el.
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 Lord’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- priests of the second order
- These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priest's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the References.
- 1 Chronicles 24:4–19; Matthew 26:3; Matthew 27:1
- the keepers
- 2 Kings 22:4; 1 Chronicles 26:1–19
- to bring
- 2 Kings 21:3, 7; 2 Chronicles 33:3, 7; 2 Chronicles 34:3, 4
- Baal
- 2 Kings 17:16; Judges 2:13; 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 18:19, 26, 40; 1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 7:9
- Kidron
- 2 Samuel 15:23; John 18:1
- Cedron
- Beth-el.
- 1 Kings 12:29; Hosea 4:15; Amos 4:4