2 Kings 23:8
He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- גֶּבַעGebaʻGeba, a place in Palestine
- בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBᵉʼêr ShebaʻBeer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
- נָתַץnâthatsto tear down
- שְׂמֹאולsᵉmôʼwlproperly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
- בָּמָהbâmâhan elevation
- קָטַרqâṭarto smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- פֶּתַחpethachan opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The dismantled horned altar of BeershebaConfirmed by the groundA monumental sacrificial altar at a Judahite provincial centre was deliberately dismantled and its stones reused, in the eighth century.
- The Arad ostraca — "the house of YHWH"Confirmed by the groundEveryday army paperwork from a Judahite fort refers to the temple of YHWH and carries the same stock of personal names as the biblical books of the period.