2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ¹  and the guards ²  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ³  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ⁴  The king ⁵  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ⁶  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ⁷ 

2 Kings 25:19

25:19 From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five ⁸  of the king’s advisers ⁹  who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens ¹⁰  for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.

[23:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

[23:4]  ² tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ³ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[25:19]  ⁸ tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”

[25:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “five seers of the king’s face.”

[25:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the people of the land.”