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2 Kings 23:5

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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 Bethel.	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.	And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped [it] small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he put down^H7673 the idolatrous priests^H3649, whom the kings^H4428 of Judah^H3063 had ordained^H5414 to burn incense^H6999 in the high places^H1116 in the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063, and in the places round about^H4524 Jerusalem^H3389; them also that burned incense^H6999 unto Baal^H1168, to the sun^H8121, and to the moon^H3394, and to the planets^H4208, and to all the host^H6635 of heaven^H8064.

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Original Hebrew

וְהִשְׁבִּית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִים אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמֹות בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּמְסִבֵּי יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאֶת־הַמְקַטְּרִים לַבַּעַל לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵחַ וְלַמַּזָּלֹות וּלְכֹל צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הִשְׁבִּ֣ית	ve./hish.Bit	H7673	HC/Vhp3ms	and/ he removed
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/כְּמָרִ֗ים	ha./ke.ma.Rim	H3649	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ pagan priests
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	whom
נָֽתְנוּ֙	na.te.Nu	H5414	HVqp3cp	they had appointed
מַלְכֵ֣י	mal.Khei	H4428	HNcmpc	(the) kings of
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
וַ/יְקַטֵּ֤ר	va/y.ka.Ter	H6999	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he made smoke
בַּ/בָּמוֹת֙	ba./ba.mOt	H1116	HRd/Ncfpa	at the/ high places
בְּ/עָרֵ֣י	be./'a.Rei	H5892	HR/Ncfpc	in/ (the) cities of
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
וּ/מְסִבֵּ֖י	u./me.si.Bei	H4524	HC/Ncbpc	and/ (the) surroundings of
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
הַֽ/מְקַטְּרִ֣ים	ha/m.ka.te.Rim	H6999	HTd/Vprmpa	the/ (ones who) made smoke
לַ/בַּ֗עַל	la./Ba.'al	H1168	HRd/Np	to (the)/ Baal
לַ/שֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ	la./She.mesh	H8121	HRd/Ncbsa	to the/ sun
וְ/לַ/יָּרֵ֨חַ֙	ve./lai./ya.Re.ach	H3394	HC/Rd/Ncmsa	and/ to the/ moon
וְ/לַ/מַּזָּל֔וֹת	ve./la/m.ma.za.Lot	H4208	HC/Rd/Ncmpa	and/ to the/ constellations
וּ/לְ/כֹ֖ל	u./le./Khol	H3605	HC/R/Ncmsc	and/ to/ all
צְבָ֥א	tze.Va'	H6635	HNcbsc	(the) host of
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1116 — בָּמָה (bâmâh, bam-maw'): from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
• H1168 — בַּעַל (Baʻal, bah'-al): the same as בַּעַל; Baal, a Phoenician deity; Baal, (plural) Baalim.
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H3394 — יָרֵחַ (yârêach, yaw-ray'-akh): from the same as יֶרַח; the moon; moon. Yrechow. See יְרִיחוֹ.
• H3649 — כָּמָר (kâmâr, kaw-mawr'): from כָּמַר; properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural); Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.
• H4208 — מַזָּלָה (mazzâlâh, maz-zaw-law'): apparently from נָזַל in the sense of raining; a constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather); planet. Compare מַזָּרָה.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4524 — מֵסַב (mêçab, may-sab'): plural masculine מְסִבִּים; or feminine מְסִבּוֹת; from סָבַב; a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around; that compass about, (place) round about, at table.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
• H6999 — קָטַר (qâṭar, kaw-tar'): a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship); burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
• H7673 — שָׁבַת (shâbath, shaw-bath'): a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific); (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
• H8121 — שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh, sheh'-mesh): from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement; [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• all the host — 2 Kings 21:3-4, Jeremiah 8:1-2, Jeremiah 44:17-19
• the idolatrous priests — Hosea 10:5, Zephaniah 1:4-5

Reciprocal references (10): Deuteronomy 4:19, 2 Kings 23:11, 2 Chronicles 33:3, 2 Chronicles 34:4, Job 31:26, Job 38:32, Jeremiah 11:13, Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 16:24, 2 Corinthians 6:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: FALSE WORSHIP, LEADERS, RELIGIOUS
• Torrey’s: IDOLATRY, MOON, THE, STARS, THE
• Nave’s: BAAL, ICONOCLASM, ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING, JOSIAH, MOON, PROPHECY, STARS

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