2 Kings 23:5
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.2 Kings 23:5 in the real world
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- מַזָּלָהmazzâlâha constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather)
- כָּמָרkâmârproperly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only
- מֵסַבmêçaba divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around
- יָרֵחַyârêachthe moon
- בַּעַלBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deity
- שָׁבַתshâbathto repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurativ
- בָּמָהbâmâhan elevation
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched bat
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
