(those who go about in black , i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of false gods. (2 Kings 23:5; Hosea 10:5) in margin; (Zephaniah 1:4)

The Twelve Minor Prophets.
... probability, that this Hezekiah was the king of that name; though in this case we
should have expected the addition "king of Judah." The "chemarim," verse 4 ...
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The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off
the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the ...
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