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2 Kings 23:112Kgs.23.11

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 Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il fit disparaître de l'entrée de la maison de l'Eternel les chevaux que les rois de Juda avaient consacrés au soleil, près de la chambre de l'eunuque Nethan-Mélec, qui demeurait dans le faubourg; et il brûla au feu les chars du soleil.

KJV

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 Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 91 (Migne)

    quatenus abominationi potius quam delectationi aptus omnibus qui aspicerent locus appareret. 28. (IV Reg. XXIII, 11.) Abstulit quoque equos quos dederant reges Judae, etc. Quod sequitur de eodem rege Josia, abstulit quoque equos, quos dederant reges Judae soli in introitu templ…

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