2 Kings 23:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ And he did away with the horses that the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun from the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the area, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Common English Bible

¹¹ He did away with the horses that Judah’s kings had dedicated to the sun. They were kept at the entrance to the LORD’s temple near a room in the annex that belonged to an official named Nathan-melech. Josiah set fire to the chariots that were dedicated to the sun.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Also, he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the Sun, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, beside the hallway of Nathan-melech, the eunuch, who was in Pharurim. And he burned the chariots of the Sun with fire.

2 Kings 23:11 Cross References

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the black-robed priests whom the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

1 Chronicles 26:18

As for the Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar.

2 Chronicles 14:5

And he removed the high places and the sun-pillars from all the cities of Yehuḏ

2 Chronicles 34:4

And they broke down the altars of the Baʽ

Job 31:26

if I have looked at the sun when it shines, or the moon moving in brightness,

Ezekiel 40:17

And he brought me into the outer courtyard, and look, rooms and a pavement made all around the courtyard, thirty rooms on the pavement.

Ezekiel 8:16

And He brought me into the inner court of the House of יהוה. And there, at the door of the Hĕ

Deuteronomy 4:19

and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and shall see the sun, and the moon, and the stars – all the host of the heavens – and you be drawn away into bowing down to them and serving them, which יהוה  your Elohim has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.