Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
put down the idolatrous priests—Hebrew, chemarim, "scorched," that is, Guebres, or fire-worshippers, distinguished by a girdle (Ezekiel 23:14-17) or belt of wool and camel's hair, twisted round the body twice and tied with four knots, which had a symbolic meaning, and made it a supposed defense against evil.
them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, etc.—or Baal-shemesh, for Baal was sometimes considered the sun. This form of false worship was not by images, but pure star-worship, borrowed from the old Assyrians.
and—rather, "even to all the host of heaven."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 23:5:
Deuteronomy 16:21
1 Kings 11:8
Job 31:26
Isaiah 17:8
Jeremiah 8:2
Ezekiel 8:15-16
Hosea 10:5
Zephaniah 1:4
Zephaniah 1:5
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