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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 23:5 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Ki 23:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And he put down [07673] the idolatrous priests [03649], whom the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had ordained [05414] to burn incense [06999] in the high places [01116] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the places round about [04524] Jerusalem [03389]; them also that burned incense [06999] unto Baal [01168], to the sun [08121], and to the moon [03394], and to the planets [04208], and to all the host [06635] of heaven [08064]. |
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King James |
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
put down the idolatrous priests--Hebrew, chemarim, "scorched," that is, Guebres, or fire-worshippers, distinguished by a girdle (Eze 23:14-17) or belt of wool and camel's hair, twisted round the body twice and tied with four knots, which had a symbolic meaning, and made it a supposed defense against evil.
them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, &c.--or Baal-shemesh, for Baal was sometimes considered the sun. This form of false worship was not by images, but pure star-worship, borrowed from the old Assyrians.
and--rather, "even to all the host of heaven." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Priests - Heb. the Chemarim; the highest rank of priests, employed in the highest work, which was to burn incense. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The idolatrous priests - הכמרים hakkemarim. Who these were is not well known. The Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, call them the priests simply, which the kings of Judah had ordained. Probably they were an order made by the idolatrous kings of Judah, and called kemarim, from כמר camar, which signifies to be scorched, shriveled together, made dark, or black, because their business was constantly to attend sacrificial fires, and probably they were black garments; hence the Jews in derision call Christian ministers kemarim, because of their black clothes and garments. Why we should imitate, in our sacerdotal dress, those priests of Baal, is strange to think and hard to tell.
Unto Baal, to the sun - Though Baal was certainly the sun, yet here they are distinguished; Baal being worshipped under different forms and attributes, Baal-peor, Baal-zephon, Baal-zebub, etc.
The planets - מזלות mazzaloth. The Vulgate translates this the twelve signs, i.e., the zodiac. This is as likely as any of the other conjectures which have been published relative to this word. See a similar word Job 37:9; Job 38:32. |
14 And that she increased [03254] her whoredoms [08457]: for when she saw [07200] men [0582] pourtrayed [02707] upon the wall [07023], the images [06754] of the Chaldeans [03778] pourtrayed [02710] with vermilion [08350],
15 Girded [02289] with girdles [0232] upon their loins [04975], exceeding [05628] in dyed attire [02871] upon their heads [07218], all of them princes [07991] to look to [04758], after the manner [01823] of the Babylonians [01121] [0894] of Chaldea [03778], the land [0776] of their nativity [04138]:
16 And as soon as she saw [04758] them with her eyes [05869], she doted [05689] upon them, and sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto them into Chaldea [03778].
17 And the Babylonians [01121] [0894] came [0935] to her into the bed [04904] of love [01730], and they defiled [02930] her with their whoredom [08457], and she was polluted [02930] with them, and her mind [05315] was alienated [03363] from them.
32 Canst thou bring forth [03318] Mazzaroth [04216] in his season [06256]? or canst thou guide [05148] Arcturus [05906] with his sons [01121]?
9 Out of the south [02315] cometh [0935] the whirlwind [05492]: and cold [07135] out of the north [04215].