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2 Kings 23:3-5
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3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed[a] the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow[b] the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being,[c] by carrying out the terms[d] of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.[e]

4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests,[f] and the guards[g] to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of[h] Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky.[i] The king[j] burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces[k] of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 He eliminated[l] the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices[m] on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices[n] to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

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  1. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”
  2. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “walk after.”
  3. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Or “soul.”
  4. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “words.”
  5. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”
  6. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
  7. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “doorkeepers.”
  8. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “for.”
  9. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).
  10. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  11. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
  12. 2 Kings 23:5 tn Perhaps, “destroyed.”
  13. 2 Kings 23:5 tn Or “burn incense.”
  14. 2 Kings 23:5 tn Or “burned incense.”
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2 Kings 23:3-5
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3 The king stood by the pillar(A) and renewed the covenant(B) in the presence of the Lord—to follow(C) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers(D) to remove(E) from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. 5 He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense(F) to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.(G)

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