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2 Kingschapter 23

37 verses · Jeremiah, by tradition · 6th century BC · History

Original Language

2 Kings 23— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 2 Kings 23. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

The yearly cycle does not read 2 Kings 23. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Vessels burned in Kidron; high places defiled from Geba to Beersheba4

2 Kings 23:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְצַ֣וvaytzavand he commandedH6680הַמֶּ֡לֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩chilkiyahuHilkiahH2518הַכֹּהֵ֨ןhakohenthe priestH3548הַגָּד֜וֹלhagadol<the> greatH1419וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853כֹּהֲנֵ֣יkohanei[the] priests ofH3548הַמִּשְׁנֶה֮hamishnehthe second rankH4932וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853שֹׁמְרֵ֣יshomerei[the] keepers ofH8104הַסַּף֒hasafthe thresholdH5592לְהוֹצִיא֙lehotzi'to bring outH3318מֵהֵיכַ֣לmeheikhalfrom [the] temple ofH1964יְהוָ֔הyahwehYahwehH3068אֵ֣תʾet<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הַכֵּלִ֗יםhakelimthe articlesH3627הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙haasuyimwhich were madeH6213לַבַּ֣עַלlabaalfor <the> BaalH1168וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔הvelaasherahand for <the> AsherahH842וּלְכֹ֖לulekholand for allH3605צְבָ֣אtzeva'[the] host ofH6635הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞םvaiyisrefemand he burned themH8313מִח֤וּץmichutzfrom [the] outsideH2351לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙lirushalimof JerusalemH3389בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹתbeshadmotin [the] fields ofH7709קִדְר֔וֹןkidronKidronH6939וְנָשָׂ֥אvenasa'and he carriedH5375אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853עֲפָרָ֖םʾafaramdust theirH6083בֵּֽית־beit-Beth-H1008אֵֽל׃ʾel-elH1008
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