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2 Kings 23:4
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Kings 23:4
New American Standard Bible 1995
Reforms under Josiah
4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and (A)the priests of the second order and the [a]doorkeepers, (B)to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, for [b]Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and (C)he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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- 2 Kings 23:4 Lit keepers of the threshold
- 2 Kings 23:4 I.e. a wooden symbol of a female deity, and so throughout the ch
2 Kings 23:6
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Kings 23:6
New American Standard Bible 1995
6 He brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and (A)ground it to dust, and (B)threw its dust on the graves of the [a]common people.
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- 2 Kings 23:6 Lit sons of the people
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