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2 Kings 23:11-13
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2 Kings 23:11-13
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11 He removed the images of horses that the kings of Judah had put beside the entrance to the Lord's temple. He also burned the chariots that were there. The kings had put the horses and chariots there to give honour to the sun god. They were in the temple yard near the room of Nathan Melech, a palace officer.[a]
12 King Josiah knocked down the altars that were on the roof of the palace. The kings of Judah had built the altars there, above the high room of King Ahaz. He also knocked down the altars that King Manasseh had built in the two yards of the Lord's temple. Josiah broke the altars into small pieces. He threw the bits into the Kidron Valley.
13 King Josiah also destroyed the altars that were on the hills east of Jerusalem. Those altars were on the south side of Mount Trouble.[b] King Solomon had built them to worship these false gods:
Ashtoreth, a wicked female god that the people in Sidon worshipped.
Chemosh, a wicked god that the people in Moab worshipped.
Molech, the evil god that the people in Ammon worshipped.
2 Kings 23:11-13
New International Version
2 Kings 23:11-13
New International Version
11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah(A) had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court[a] near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.(B)
12 He pulled down(C) the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof(D) near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts(E) of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.(F) 13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon(G) king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable(H) god of the people of Ammon.(I)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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