InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C24 C25
2 Ki 23 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Ashtoreth · Chemosh · Milcom · Solomon
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Jerusalem · Moab (GEN 36:35)
Dictionary: Jerusalem
OET-LV And_DOM the_high_places which were_on the_face_of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) which were_from_the_south_of the_mountain_of (the)_destruction which Shəlomoh/(Solomon) the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_had_built to_Astarte the_detestable_thing_of the_Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and_to_Kəmōsh/(Chemosh) the_detestable_thing_of Mōʼāⱱ and_to_Malkām the_abomination_of the_people_of ˊAmmōn the_king he_made_unclean.
OET (OET-RV) The king desecrated the hilltop shrines that faced Yerushalem—they were south of the Mt. of Destruction’ (the Mt. of Olives). King Shelomoh (Solomon) had built shrines for Ashtarot (the disgusting god of the Tsidonim (Sidonians)) and for Kemosh (the disgusting god of Moav (Moab)) and for Molek (the disgusting god of the Amonim).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=DOM the_high,places which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Yerushalayim which/who [were]_from_[the],south_of of,the_mountain_of of_(the),destruction which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) king Yisrael to,Astarte abomination_of Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and,to,Chemosh abomination_of Mōʼāⱱ and,to,Milcom abomination_of sons_of ˊAmmōn defiled the,king )
See how you translated the similar expression in 4:12. Alternate translation: [that were in front of Jerusalem] or [that were opposite Jerusalem]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֲשֶׁר֮ מִימִ֣ין
(Some words not found in UHB: and=DOM the_high,places which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Yerushalayim which/who [were]_from_[the],south_of of,the_mountain_of of_(the),destruction which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) king Yisrael to,Astarte abomination_of Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and,to,Chemosh abomination_of Mōʼāⱱ and,to,Milcom abomination_of sons_of ˊAmmōn defiled the,king )
The author is speaking of directions in the way characteristic of his culture, in which people described directions as if a person were facing east, toward the sunrise. The south would be to the right of such a person. So the author means these high places were on the south side of the mountain. Alternate translation: [that were on the south side of]
Note 3 topic: translate-names
לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית֒
of,the_mountain_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=DOM the_high,places which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Yerushalayim which/who [were]_from_[the],south_of of,the_mountain_of of_(the),destruction which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) king Yisrael to,Astarte abomination_of Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and,to,Chemosh abomination_of Mōʼāⱱ and,to,Milcom abomination_of sons_of ˊAmmōn defiled the,king )
See the discussion of this name in the introduction to this chapter. Alternate translation: [the Mount of Olives]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן
(Some words not found in UHB: and=DOM the_high,places which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Yerushalayim which/who [were]_from_[the],south_of of,the_mountain_of of_(the),destruction which/who built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) king Yisrael to,Astarte abomination_of Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and,to,Chemosh abomination_of Mōʼāⱱ and,to,Milcom abomination_of sons_of ˊAmmōn defiled the,king )
See how you translated the similar expression in 8:12. Alternate translation: [the Ammonites]
OET-LV And_DOM the_high_places which were_on the_face_of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) which were_from_the_south_of the_mountain_of (the)_destruction which Shəlomoh/(Solomon) the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_had_built to_Astarte the_detestable_thing_of the_Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and_to_Kəmōsh/(Chemosh) the_detestable_thing_of Mōʼāⱱ and_to_Malkām the_abomination_of the_people_of ˊAmmōn the_king he_made_unclean.
OET (OET-RV) The king desecrated the hilltop shrines that faced Yerushalem—they were south of the Mt. of Destruction’ (the Mt. of Olives). King Shelomoh (Solomon) had built shrines for Ashtarot (the disgusting god of the Tsidonim (Sidonians)) and for Kemosh (the disgusting god of Moav (Moab)) and for Molek (the disgusting god of the Amonim).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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