Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Kings 23:5

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put down: Heb. caused to cease the idolatrous priests: Heb. Chemarim. Hos 10:5 \*marg. "Foretold. Zep 1:4, Zep 1:5." 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. all the host: Kg2 21:3, Kg2 21:4; Jer 8:1, Jer 8:2, Jer 44:17-19 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:6

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