. . . D[euteronomistic]H[istory] is concerned not
so much with the worship of Yahweh as a member of the Host of Heaven (2 Kgs
22.19) as it is with the reverse phenomenon, namely with the worship of an
object as Yahweh (that is the sun) or objects as members of his Heavenly
Host (that is the stars). In other words, the issue is not syncretism but
iconism. (J. Glen Taylor, Yahweh and the Sun: Biblical and Archaeological
Evidence for Sun Worship in Ancient Israel [Journal for the Study of the
Old Testament Supplement Series 111; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993], 107)
