2 KINGS 23:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of the eunuch Nathan-melech, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire — Josiah removes and burns horses and chariots dedicated to the sun god, which had been placed at the temple entrance. These objects served as cultic apparatus for astral worship. Their removal and burning indicates systematic elimination of even institutionalized solar worship apparatus.
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