2 Kings 23:5-7
New King James Version
5 Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the [a]constellations, and to (A)all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the (B)wooden[b] image from the house of the Lord, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to (C)ashes, and threw its ashes on (D)the graves of the common people. 7 Then he tore down the ritual [c]booths (E)of the [d]perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, (F)where the (G)women wove hangings for the wooden image.
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- 2 Kings 23:5 Of the Zodiac
- 2 Kings 23:6 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
- 2 Kings 23:7 Lit. houses
- 2 Kings 23:7 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
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