2 Kings 23:4

Old Testament • 28 words with Strong's data

"And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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צָוָה

tsâvâh

H6680

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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חִלְקִיָּה

Chilqîyâh

H2518

Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

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the

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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כֹּהֵן

kôhên

H3548

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

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and the

כֹּהֵן

kôhên

H3548

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

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of the

שֵׁנִי

shênîy

H8145

properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again

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עָרַךְ

ʻârak

H6186

to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)

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and the

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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of the

פֶּתַח

pethach

H6607

an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way

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to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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out of the

הֵיכָל

hêykâl

H1964

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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all the

כְּלִי

kᵉlîy

H3627

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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that were

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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for

בַּעַל

Baʻal

H1168

Baal, a Phoenician deity

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and for the

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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and for all the

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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of

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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and he

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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them

חוּץ

chûwts

H2351

properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

H3389

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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in the

שָׂדֶה

sâdeh

H7704

a field (as flat)

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of

קִדְרוֹן

Qidrôwn

H6939

Kidron, a brook near Jerusalem

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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the

אֵפֶר

ʼêpher

H665

ashes

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of them unto

בֵּית־אֵל

Bêyth-ʼÊl

H1008

Beth-El, a place in Palestine

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Key Terms in This Verse

Kidron H6939

קִדְרוֹן Qidrôwn

Kidron, a brook near Jerusalem

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grove H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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keepers H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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Hilkiah H2518

חִלְקִיָּה Chilqîyâh

Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

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ashes H665

אֵפֶר ʼêpher

ashes

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fields H7704

שָׂדֶה sâdeh

a field (as flat)

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order H6186

עָרַךְ ʻârak

to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)

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Baal H1168

בַּעַל Baʻal

Baal, a Phoenician deity

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Bethel H1008

בֵּית־אֵל Bêyth-ʼÊl

Beth-El, a place in Palestine

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burned H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:3 cross-reference

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, an...

2 Kings 21:7 cross-reference

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of...

2 Kings 25:18 cross-reference

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

2 Chronicles 33:3 cross-reference

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

1 Kings 18:40 cross-reference

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Jeremiah 52:24 cross-reference

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

1 Kings 16:31 cross-reference

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and ...

1 Kings 18:26 cross-reference

And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered...

Isaiah 27:9 cross-reference

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves...

Matthew 27:1 cross-reference

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

2 Kings 17:16 cross-reference

And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kings 23:15 cross-reference

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place...

Hosea 4:15 cross-reference

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

2 Samuel 15:23 cross-reference

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

Jeremiah 7:9 cross-reference

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Amos 4:4 cross-reference

Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:

1 Kings 12:29 cross-reference

And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

Judges 2:13 cross-reference

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

2 Kings 22:4 cross-reference

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

2 Chronicles 33:7 cross-reference

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the t...

1 Kings 19:18 cross-reference

Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

John 18:1 cross-reference

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

1 Kings 18:19 cross-reference

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.

Matthew 26:3 cross-reference

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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