Verse 11

2 Kings 23:11

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11 And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת אֶת הַ/סּוּסִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְנוּ֩ מַלְכֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֤ה לַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ מִ/בֹּ֣א בֵית יְהוָ֔ה אֶל לִשְׁכַּת֙ נְתַן מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/סָּרִ֔יס אֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּ/פַּרְוָרִ֑ים וְ/אֶת מַרְכְּב֥וֹת הַ/שֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ שָׂרַ֥ף בָּ/אֵֽשׁ

English Translation

And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun from entering the house of the LORD to the chamber of Nathan the king’s officer which was in the suburbs, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem. Focus ↗

2 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerus... Focus ↗

3 And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way o... Focus ↗

4 Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and... Focus ↗

5 And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to... Focus ↗

6 And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning... Focus ↗

7 And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord,... Focus ↗

8 And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the hig... Focus ↗

9 Still the priests of the high places never came up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they t... Focus ↗

10 And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son... Focus ↗

11 And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house...

12 And the altars on the roof of the high room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the alta... Focus ↗

13 And the high places before Jerusalem, on the south side of the mountain of destruction, which Solomo... Focus ↗

14 The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had b... Focus ↗

15 And the altar at Beth-el, and the high place put up by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel d... Focus ↗

16 Then Josiah, turning round, saw on the mountain the places of the dead, and he sent and had the bone... Focus ↗

17 What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-plac... Focus ↗

18 So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the p... Focus ↗

19 Then Josiah took away all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of... Focus ↗

20 And all the priests of the high places there he put to death on the altars, burning the bones of the... Focus ↗

21 And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God (Elohim),... Focus ↗

22 Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of... Focus ↗

23 In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem. Focus ↗

24 And all those who had control of spirits, and the wonder-workers, and the images, and the false gods... Focus ↗

25 Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his... Focus ↗

26 But still the heat of the Lord's wrath was not turned back from Judah, because of all Manasseh had d... Focus ↗

27 And the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have no... Focus ↗

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history... Focus ↗

29 In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river... Focus ↗

30 And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth t... Focus ↗

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for three months; his m... Focus ↗

32 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done. Focus ↗

33 And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in... Focus ↗

34 Then Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in place of Josiah his father, changing his... Focus ↗

35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; t... Focus ↗

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years... Focus ↗

37 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (37 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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