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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_commanded the_king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the_priest/officer the_high and_DOM the_priests_of the_second and_DOM the_keepers_of the_threshold to_bring_out of_temple_of of_YHWH DOM all_of the_vessels the_made for_the_Baˊal and_for_the_ʼₐshērāh and_to/for_all the_host_of the_heavens and_burned_them at_outside of_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) in/on/at/with_fields_of Qidrōn and_carried DOM ashes_of_their Bēyt- ʼēl.
OET (OET-RV) Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiyyah and the other priests, and the temple guards to bring out all the utensils that were made for Baal and Asherah and for all the constellations, and he burnt them outside Yerushalem in the Kidron countryside, and carried their ashes to Beyt-El.
(Occurrence 0) the priests under him
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded the=king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the=priest/officer the,high and=DOM priests_of the,second and=DOM keepers_of the,threshold to,bring_out of,temple_of YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the=vessels the,made for_the,Baal and,for_the,asherah and=to/for=all host_of the=heavens and,burned,them at,outside of,Jerusalem in/on/at/with,fields_of Qidrōn and,carried DOM ashes_of,their house_of -ʼēl )
Alternate translation: “the other priests who served him”
(Occurrence 0) gatekeepers
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded the=king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the=priest/officer the,high and=DOM priests_of the,second and=DOM keepers_of the,threshold to,bring_out of,temple_of YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the=vessels the,made for_the,Baal and,for_the,asherah and=to/for=all host_of the=heavens and,burned,them at,outside of,Jerusalem in/on/at/with,fields_of Qidrōn and,carried DOM ashes_of,their house_of -ʼēl )
men who guarded the gates to the temple
(Occurrence 0) for Baal … for all the stars
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded the=king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the=priest/officer the,high and=DOM priests_of the,second and=DOM keepers_of the,threshold to,bring_out of,temple_of YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the=vessels the,made for_the,Baal and,for_the,asherah and=to/for=all host_of the=heavens and,burned,them at,outside of,Jerusalem in/on/at/with,fields_of Qidrōn and,carried DOM ashes_of,their house_of -ʼēl )
Alternate translation: “so people could use them to worship Baal … so people could use them to worship all the stars”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) He burned … and carried
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded the=king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the=priest/officer the,high and=DOM priests_of the,second and=DOM keepers_of the,threshold to,bring_out of,temple_of YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the=vessels the,made for_the,Baal and,for_the,asherah and=to/for=all host_of the=heavens and,burned,them at,outside of,Jerusalem in/on/at/with,fields_of Qidrōn and,carried DOM ashes_of,their house_of -ʼēl )
The word “he” refers to Josiah. He would have commanded his workers to do these things. It is likely that Hilkiah and the priests who assisted him did these things. Alternate translation: “he had them burn them … and carry them”
Note 2 topic: translate-names
(Occurrence 0) Kidron Valley … Bethel
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded the=king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the=priest/officer the,high and=DOM priests_of the,second and=DOM keepers_of the,threshold to,bring_out of,temple_of YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the=vessels the,made for_the,Baal and,for_the,asherah and=to/for=all host_of the=heavens and,burned,them at,outside of,Jerusalem in/on/at/with,fields_of Qidrōn and,carried DOM ashes_of,their house_of -ʼēl )
names of places
23:4 remove . . . all the articles: Josiah eliminated from the Temple detestable items associated with pagan worship.
• terraces of the Kidron Valley: This area, near the Valley of Ben-Hinnom where the loathsome Molech rituals of child sacrifice had been carried out, became a place where ashes and dead bodies were taken (Jer 26:23).
• Taking the ashes away to Bethel, where Jeroboam had erected one of his cult altars (1 Kgs 12:28-29), would defile the site forever.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_commanded the_king DOM Ḩilqiyyāh the_priest/officer the_high and_DOM the_priests_of the_second and_DOM the_keepers_of the_threshold to_bring_out of_temple_of of_YHWH DOM all_of the_vessels the_made for_the_Baˊal and_for_the_ʼₐshērāh and_to/for_all the_host_of the_heavens and_burned_them at_outside of_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) in/on/at/with_fields_of Qidrōn and_carried DOM ashes_of_their Bēyt- ʼēl.
OET (OET-RV) Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiyyah and the other priests, and the temple guards to bring out all the utensils that were made for Baal and Asherah and for all the constellations, and he burnt them outside Yerushalem in the Kidron countryside, and carried their ashes to Beyt-El.
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.