2 Kings 23:4
The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of Yahweh’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.This verse in the real world
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- שְׁדֵמָהshᵉdêmâha cultivated field
- קִדְרוֹןQidrôwnKidron, a brook near Jerusalem
- סַףçapha vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
- חִלְקִיָּהChilqîyâhChilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
- מִשְׁנֶהmishnehproperly, a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlBeth-El, a place in Palestine
- בַּעַלBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deity
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ki 21:7, 2Ki 21:3, 2Ch 33:3, 2Ki 25:18, 1Ch 24:4–19, 1Ki 18:19, 2Ch 34:3–4, Jhn 18:1