2 Kings 23:5 (KJV)

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And he put down the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem them also that burned incense unto Baal to the sun and to the moon and to the planets and to all the host of heaven

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put down. Heb. caused to cease. the idolatrous priests.Heb. Chemarim. Ho 10:5

all the host. 2Ki 21:3 2Ki 21:4 Jer 8:1 Jer 8:2 Jer 44:17-19

"Foretold. Zep 1:4, 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.

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