2 Kings 23:5
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Note put…: Heb. caused to cease
Note idolatrous…: Heb. Chemarim
Note planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- put down
- Heb. caused to cease. the idolatrous priests. Heb. Chemarim.
- Hosea 10:5
- all the host
- 2 Kings 21:3, 4; Jeremiah 8:1, 2; Jeremiah 44:17–19