2Ki 23:5-7 | 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 23:5-7

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

the grove Or rather, Asherah, or Astarte. 2Kgs 21:7; Judg 3:7; 1Kgs 14:23, 1Kgs 16:33; Jer 17:2

and burned Exod 32:20; Deut 7:25, Deut 9:21

the graves 2Kgs 10:27; 2Chr 34:4

the children Probably the common people.

the sodomites Gen 19:4-5; 1Kgs 14:24, 1Kgs 15:12, 1Kgs 22:46; 2Chr 34:33; Rom 1:26-27

where Exod 35:25-26; Ezek 8:14, Ezek 16:16; Hos 2:13

hangings Heb. houses