And the priests went into the inner part of the house of
the
Lord, to cleanse it
Into the holy place, where the candlesticks and shewbread tables
stood, into which none but priests might enter, but not into the
most holy place, the innermost of all; for none but the high
priest might go into that, and only on the day of atonement;
though in case of necessity, as for repairs, others might go into
it, and so perhaps now to cleanse it, if any pollution was there:
and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the
temple of
the Lord into the court of the house of the
Lord;
into the court of the priests, where the Levites might be, and
were: and the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into
the brook Kidron;
which ran through the valley of the son of Hinnom, into which all
unclean things, and the filth of the temple and sacrifices, were
usually carried and cast, see ( 2 Kings
18:12 ) .