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the house of Yahweh ... the courtyard of the house
Here the word "house" represents the temple. AT: "the temple of Yahweh ... the courtyard of the temple" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
they brought out all the filth that they found in the temple of Yahweh
The word "filth" refers to things that the people had used to worship other gods. The narrator speaks of these things making the temple unacceptable to Yahweh as if they were physically dirty. AT: "they brought out all the defiled things that they found in the temple of Yahweh" or "they brought out all the things that they found in the temple of Yahweh that made it unacceptable to Yahweh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
brook Kidron
A small body of water that flows on the east side of Jerusalem. At times it was used as a trash dump. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)