unfoldingWord_en_tn/2ki/23/11.md

He took away

It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people, perhaps Hilkiah and "the priests under him" (2 Kings 23:4), might have helped Josiah do this. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

the horses

Possible meanings are 1) real horses or 2) statues of horses.

had given to the sun

Here "given" represents being dedicated for worship. AT: "had used to worship the sun" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Nathan-Melek

a man's name (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)