2 Kings 23:4

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And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the idol poles, and for all the army of heaven: and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Order, who presided over the 24 classes of inferior priests. (Menochius) Jonathas understands it of those who supplied the place of the high priest when he could not attend. (Grotius) Baal, the sun: (Calmet) in Hebrew, "for. " The grove, Astarte, or the moon. (Haydock) Cedron, to the east and south of Jerusalem, where Topheth and the sepulchres of the poor, and all unclean things, were placed. Here the pagans burnt their children in honour of Moloch. See 3 Kings xv. 13., and 2 Paralipomenon xxix. 16., and xxx. 14. Bethel, out of contempt for the golden calf, (Haydock) and to remove those impurities to a greater distance. (Calmet)

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