2 Kings 23:4
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Berean Study Bible
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

King James Bible
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 grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

Hebrew
Then the king
הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

commanded
וַיְצַ֣ו (way·ṣaw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

Hilkiah
חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ (ḥil·qî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2518: Hilkiah -- 'my portion is Yah', the name of several Israelites

the high
הַגָּד֜וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

priest,
הַכֹּהֵ֨ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

the priests
כֹּהֲנֵ֣י (kō·hă·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3548: Priest

second in rank,
הַמִּשְׁנֶה֮ (ham·miš·neh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4932: A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second

and the doorkeepers
שֹׁמְרֵ֣י (šō·mə·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

to remove
לְהוֹצִיא֙ (lə·hō·w·ṣî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from the temple
מֵהֵיכַ֣ל (mê·hê·ḵal)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

of the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the articles
הַכֵּלִ֗ים (hak·kê·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

made
הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙ (hā·‘ă·śū·yim)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for Baal,
לַבַּ֣עַל (lab·ba·‘al)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

Asherah,
וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה (wə·lā·’ă·šê·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same

and all
וּלְכֹ֖ל (ū·lə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the host
צְבָ֣א (ṣə·ḇā)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

of heaven.
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

And he burned them
וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם (way·yiś·rə·p̄êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

outside
מִח֤וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

Jerusalem
לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (lî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

in the fields
בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת (bə·šaḏ·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 7709: A cultivated field

of the Kidron
קִדְר֔וֹן (qiḏ·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6939: Kidron -- perhaps 'dusky', a wadi East of Jerusalem

and carried
וְנָשָׂ֥א (wə·nā·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

their ashes
עֲפָרָ֖ם (‘ă·p̄ā·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

to Bethel.
אֵֽל׃ (’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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