2 Kings 23:11

He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of Yahweh’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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WEBBE

He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire.

BSB

And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

KJV

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

ASV

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

BBE

And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.

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וַיַּשְׁבֵּת vai·yash·bet and he removed H7673 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַסּוּסִים ha·su·sim the horses H5483 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 נָתְנוּ na·te·nu they had dedicated H5414 מַלְכֵי mal·khei [the] kings of H4428 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ la·she·mesh to the sun H8121 מִבֹּא mi·bo' from [the] going of H935 בֵית־ veit- [the] house of H1004 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 לִשְׁכַּת lish·kat [the] room of H3957 נְתַן־ ne·tan- Nathan H5419 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh Melech H5419 הַסָּרִיס ha·sa·ris the court-official H5631 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 בַּפַּרְוָרִים ba·par·va·rim [was] in the Parbar H6503 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 מַרְכְּבוֹת mar·ke·vot [the] chariots of H4818 הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ha·she·mesh the sun H8121 שָׂרַף sa·raf he burned H8313 בָּאֵשׁ ba·'esh with (the) fire H784

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–14

What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where his dwelling-place was, such abominations should be found. Josiah had reigned eighteen years, and had himself set the people a good example, and kept up religion according to the Divine law; yet, when he came to search for idolatry, the depth and extent were very great. Both common history, and the records of God's word, teach, that all the real godliness or goodness ever found on earth, is derived from the new-creating Spirit of Jesus Christ.

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JudahNathan-melech

Topics

ChurchIdolatrySunHorseChamberlainNathan-Melech

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.