2 Kings 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ¹  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ² 

2 Kings 23:9

23:9 (Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.) ³ 

2 Kings 23:20

23:20 He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ⁴  and the guards ⁵  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ⁶  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ⁷  The king ⁸  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ⁹  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “feared.”

² tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

³ tn Heb “their brothers.”

⁵ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

⁶ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

⁷ tn Heb “for.”

⁸ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

¹¹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.