2 Kings 23:5

23:5

eliminated <07673> [put down. Heb. caused to cease. the idolatrous priests.]

Heb. Chemarim.

"Foretold. Zep 1:4, 5."

constellations <04208> [planets. or, twelve signs, or constellations.]

So the Vulgate {duodecim signa,} "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word {mazzaloth,} from the Arabic {manzeel,} a {caravanserai,} house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words {tereysar mazzalaya,} to denote the signs of the zodiac.

stars <06635> [all the host.]

Zephaniah 1:4

1:4

attack <05186> [stretch.]

trace <07605> [the remnant. "Fulfilled."]

pagan priests <03649> [the Chemarims.]