Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 23:5

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

Heb. the Chemarim; which were Ministers of Idols, Hos. 10. 5. distinct from the Priests, Zeph. 1. 4. Possibly they were the highest rank of Priests, because they are here employed in the highest work, which was to burn Incense.

A particular god, of greatest esteem with them, so called: though elsewhere the name of Baal is common to all false gods.

Marginal references: Heb. caused to [illegible: 1+ letters]ease.; Heb. Chemarim.; Or, twelve signs or constellations.