| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 23:5:1 ⧉וְהִשְׁבִּ֣יתvehishbitand he caused to cease or removed 2 Kings 23:5:2 ⧉אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗יםethakemarimthe priests 2 Kings 23:5:3 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwhom or which 2 Kings 23:5:4 ⧉נָֽתְנוּ֙natenuthey had appointed or given 2 Kings 23:5:5 ⧉מַלְכֵ֣יmalkhekings of 2 Kings 23:5:6 ⧉יְהוּדָ֔הyehudaJudah 2 Kings 23:5:7 ⧉וַיְקַטֵּ֤רvayekatterand to make smoke or burn incense 2 Kings 23:5:8 ⧉בַּבָּמוֹת֙babamotin the high places 2 Kings 23:5:9 ⧉בְּעָרֵ֣יbearein the cities of 2 Kings 23:5:10 ⧉יְהוּדָ֔הyehudaJudah 2 Kings 23:5:11 ⧉וּמְסִבֵּ֖יumesibeand from around 2 Kings 23:5:12 ⧉יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםyerushalayimJerusalem 2 Kings 23:5:13 ⧉וְאֶת־הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣יםveethamekatterimand the ones burning incense 2 Kings 23:5:14 ⧉לַבַּ֗עַלlabaalto Baal 2 Kings 23:5:15 ⧉לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁlashemeshto the sun 2 Kings 23:5:16 ⧉וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙velayareakhand to the moon 2 Kings 23:5:17 ⧉וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹתvelamazalotand to the constellations 2 Kings 23:5:18 ⧉וּלְכֹ֖לulekholand to all 2 Kings 23:5:19 ⧉צְבָ֥אtsevahost or army of 2 Kings 23:5:20 ⧉הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃hashamayimthe heavens |
| 5. Formal Translation And he abolished the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. |
| 5. Dynamic Translation He did away with the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had set up, those who offered incense on the hilltop shrines in Judah’s towns and around Jerusalem, and all who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to the entire host of heaven. |