Verse 8

2 Kings 23:8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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8 And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda: and he defiled the high places, where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to Bersabee: and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue governor of tile city, which was on the left hand of the gate of the city.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּבֵ֤א אֶת כָּל הַ/כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ מֵ/עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ/יְטַמֵּ֣א אֶת הַ/בָּמ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר קִטְּרוּ שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ הַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מִ/גֶּ֖בַע עַד בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וְ/נָתַ֞ץ אֶת בָּמ֣וֹת הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר פֶּ֜תַח שַׁ֤עַר יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ שַׂר הָ/עִ֔יר אֲשֶֽׁר עַל שְׂמֹ֥אול אִ֖ישׁ בְּ/שַׁ֥עַר הָ/עִֽיר

English Translation

And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places that the priests had built from Gilead to Beer-sheba, and he tore down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the prince of the city, which was on the left side of the man at the gate of the city.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda an... Focus ↗

2 And the king went up to the temple of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of... Focus ↗

3 And the king stood upon the step: and made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to... Focus ↗

4 And the king commanded Helcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkee... Focus ↗

5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high plac... Focus ↗

6 And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the valley... Focus ↗

7 He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which th... Focus ↗

8 And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda: and he defiled the high places,...

9 However the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem: but only a... Focus ↗

10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom: that no man should consecrate th... Focus ↗

11 And he took away the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun, at the entering in of the... Focus ↗

12 And the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had mad... Focus ↗

13 The high places also that were at Jerusalem on the right side of the Mount of Offence, O which Solom... Focus ↗

14 And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bon... Focus ↗

15 Moreover the altar also that was at Bethel, and the high place, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who... Focus ↗

16 And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and to... Focus ↗

17 And he said: What is that monument which I see? And the men of that city answered: It is the sepulch... Focus ↗

18 And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bon... Focus ↗

19 Moreover all the temples of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of... Focus ↗

20 And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars: and he burnt men's... Focus ↗

21 And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God (Elohim), according as... Focus ↗

22 Now there was no such a phase kept from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, nor in all the da... Focus ↗

23 As was this phase that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias. Focus ↗

24 Moreover the diviners by spirits, and soothsayers, and the figures of idols, and the uncleannesses,... Focus ↗

25 There was no king before him like unto him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with a... Focus ↗

26 But yet the Lord turned not away from the wrath of his great indignation, wherewith his anger was ki... Focus ↗

27 And the Lord said: I will remove Juda also from before my face, as I have removed Israel: and I will... Focus ↗

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the wor... Focus ↗

29 In his days Pharao Nechao king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates:... Focus ↗

30 And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in... Focus ↗

31 Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusa... Focus ↗

32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. Focus ↗

33 And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which is in the land of Emath, that he should not reign in Jer... Focus ↗

34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son of Josias king in the room of Josias his father: and turned h... Focus ↗

35 And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao, after he had taxed the land for every man, to con... Focus ↗

36 Joakim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusale... Focus ↗

37 And he did evil before the Lord according to all that his fathers had done. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (37 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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