2 Kings 23:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ Then the sovereign commanded Ḥ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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 Beth-el.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for [the goddess] Asherah, and for all the hosts of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel [where Israel's idolatry began]. [I Kings 12:28, 29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

Common English Bible

⁴ The king then commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the second-order priests, and the doorkeepers to remove from the LORD’s temple all the religious objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the heavenly bodies. The king burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took the ashes to Bethel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.

2 Kings 23:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:23

And all the land was weeping with a loud voice, and all the people were passing over. And the sovereign himself was passing over the wadi Qiḏ

1 Kings 12:29

And he set up one in Bĕ

1 Kings 15:13

And he also removed Maʽ

1 Kings 16:31

And it came to be, as though it had been a light matter for him to walk in the sins of Yaroḇ

1 Kings 18:19

“And now, send and gather all Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 18:26

So they took the bull which was given them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baʽ

1 Kings 18:40

And Ě

1 Kings 19:18

“And I shall leave seven thousand in Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 10:26

and brought out the pillars of the house of Baʽ

2 Kings 12:10

And it came to be, whenever they saw that there was much silver in the chest, that the sovereign’s scribe and the high priest came up and put it in bags, and counted the silver that was found in the House of יהוה,

2 Kings 17:16

And they left all the commands of יהוה  their Elohim, and made for themselves a moulded image, two calves, and made an Ashĕ

2 Kings 21:3

For he turned and built the high places which Ḥ

2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courtyards of the House of יהוה.

2 Kings 21:7

And he placed a carved image of Ashĕ

2 Kings 22:4

“Go up to Ḥ

2 Kings 23:12

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Aḥ

2 Kings 23:15

And also the altar that was at Bĕ

2 Kings 25:18

And the chief of the guard took Serayah the chief priest, and Tsephanyahu the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

2 Chronicles 15:16

And he also removed Maʽ

2 Chronicles 33:3

For again he rebuilt the high places which Ḥ

2 Chronicles 33:7

And he placed a carved image of the idol which he had made, in the House of Elohim, of which Elohim had said to Dawiḏ

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the crookedness of Yaʽ

Jeremiah 52:24

And the chief of the guard took Serayah the chief priest, and Tsephanyah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

Jeremiah 7:9

stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, and swearing falsely, and burning incense to Baʽ

Ezekiel 8:6

And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 4:15

“Though you are a whore, Yisra’ĕ

Amos 4:4

“Come to Bĕ

Zephaniah 1:4

“And I shall stretch out My hand against Yehuḏ

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people came together at the court of the high priest, who was called Qayapha,

Matthew 27:1

And morning having come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against יהושע, so as to put Him to death.

John 18:1

Having said these words, יהושע  went out with His taught ones beyond the Qiḏ

Judges 2:13

So they forsook יהוה  and served Baʽ