2 Kings 23:9
in 2 Kings 23Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.
KJV
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
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This verse in 2 Kings 23
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe priests of the high places came not up - As these priests had offered sacrifices on the high places, though it was to the true God, yet they were not thought proper to be employed immediately about the temple; but as they were acknowledged to belong to the priesthood, they had a right to their support; therefore a portion of the tithes, offerings, and unleavened bread, shew-bread, etc., was appointed to them for their support. Thus they were treated as priests who had some infirmity which rendered it improper for them to minister at the altar.
This site's exposition
houses of the sodomites
on 2 Kings 23:7-9
The houses of the shrine prostitutes stood inside the temple precinct itself, where women wove hangings for the Asherah, and Josiah tears them down first among the city's idolatry; Henry counts this the worst defilement the narrative names, a brothel kept at God's own house. The country priests who had burned incense at the high places from Geba to Beersheba are brought to Jerusalem and stood down, though verse 9 lets them eat the unleavened bread among their brethren without serving at the altar. The arrangement follows the law's own treatment of a priest disqualified by blemish, supported but never restored to the altar itself.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַ֗ךְ | ʾakh | nevertheless | H389 → | 161 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַֽעֲלוּ֙ | yaalu | they went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| כֹּהֲנֵ֣י | kohanei | [the] priests of | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַבָּמ֔וֹת | habamot | the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִזְבַּ֥ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| אָכְל֥וּ | ʾakhelu | they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| מַצּ֖וֹת | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | |
| בְּת֥וֹךְ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾacheihem | brothers their | H251 → | 630 times |
אַ֗ךְnevertheless
ʾakhH389 →161 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יַֽעֲלוּ֙they went up
yaaluH5927 →890 times
כֹּהֲנֵ֣י[the] priests of
kohaneiH3548 →750 times
הַבָּמ֔וֹתthe high places
habamotH1116 →102 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִזְבַּ֥ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
כִּ֛יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
אָכְל֥וּthey ate
ʾakheluH398 →810 times
מַצּ֖וֹתunleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →
בְּת֥וֹךְin among
betokhH8432 →418 times
אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃brothers their
ʾacheihemH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 2:36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:27
So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
- Ezekiel 44:10–12
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
- 1 Samuel 2:29–30
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all…
- Malachi 1:13
You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from…
- 1 Kings 2:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.