Planets
PLANETS
2Ki 23:5 . The Hebrew word means inns or lodgings, and is used with reference to the sun, denoting the twelve constellations of the zodiac, the houses of the sun in its annual apparent course round the heavens. These constellations are here spoken of as objects of idolatrous worship in Judah. Compare Gen 37.9.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Planets
planets (, mazzaloth). See ASTROLOGY, II, 3.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Planets
The Hebrew word is mazzaloth, and is supposed to refer to the twelve signs or constellations of the Zodiac, as intimated in the margin. These, with the sun, moon, and ‘all the host of heaven,’ had been worshipped by the Israelites. 2Ki 23:5. The word occurs nowhere else.