2Ki 23:5 | TSK | e4.org | put down Heb. caused to cease the idolatrous priests Heb. Chemarim. *marg. "Foretold. ." planets or, twelve signs, or constellations, So the Vulgate duodecim signa , "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word mazzaloth , from the Arabic manzeel , a caravanserai, house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words tereysar mazzalaya , to denote the signs of the zodiac. all the host ; ,

‏ 2 Kings 23:5

put down Heb. caused to cease

the idolatrous priests Heb. Chemarim. Hos 10:5 *marg. "Foretold. Zeph 1:4-5."

planets or, twelve signs, or constellations, So the Vulgate duodecim signa, "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word mazzaloth, from the Arabic manzeel, a caravanserai, house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words tereysar mazzalaya, to denote the signs of the zodiac.

all the host 2Kgs 21:3-4; Jer 8:1-2, Jer 44:17-19