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2 Kings 23:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.


2 Kings 23:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 23:623 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּצֵ֣אwayōṣēʾ
and he brought outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֲשֵׁרָה֩hāʾăšērāh
the Asherah poleparticleH842
מִ/בֵּ֨יתmibēyt
from the house ofpronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ/ח֤וּץmiḥwṣ
from the outsidepronH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
לִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙liyrwšālaim
of JerusalempronH3389
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
נַ֣חַלnaḥal
the wadi ofnounH5158
flood · river · stream · valley
קִדְר֔וֹןqidərwōn
KidronnounH6939
וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֥ףwayiśərōp
and he burnedconjH8313
make a) burn · up) kindle · utterly
אֹתָ֛/הּʾōtāh
itparticleH853
בְּ/נַ֥חַלbənaḥal
in the wadi ofpronH5158
flood · river · stream · valley
קִדְר֖וֹןqidərwōn
KidronnounH6939
וַ/יָּ֣דֶקwayādeq
and he crushed itconjH1854
bruise · make dust · powder · (be ···
לְ/עָפָ֑רləʿāpār
to dustpronH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
וַ/יַּשְׁלֵךְ֙wayašəlēkə
and he threwconjH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֲפָרָ֔/הּʿăpārāh
dust itsnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
קֶ֖בֶרqeber
the burial site ofnounH6913
grave · sepulchre
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
the sons ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/עָֽםhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes clear: God is always working redemption, even in the darkest moments. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond...
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