2 Chronicles 14:3

In 11 translations

BSB

He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

KJV

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:images: Heb. statues

WEB

for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles,

ASV

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

LSV

and turns aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaks the standing-pillars, and cuts down the Asherim,

YLT

and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

DBY

and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

DRC

And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.

GNV

For he tooke away the altars of the strange gods and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues,

JPS14:2

for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;

LXXE14:2

And he removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves:

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WLC14:2

וַיָּ֛סַר אֶת־מִזְבְּח֥וֹת הַנֵּכָ֖ר וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת וַיְגַדַּ֖ע אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃KJV:2Chr.14.3

LXX-Br14:2

Καὶ ἀπέστησε τὰ θυσιαστήρια τῶν ἀλλοτρίων καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ, καὶ συνέτριψε τὰς στήλας, καὶ ἐξέκοψε τὰ ἄλση,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
• 2 Kings 23:14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
• Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
• 1 Kings 15:12–14He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable…
• 2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
• 1 Kings 11:7–8At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense…
• Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust,…
• 1 Kings 14:22–24And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done. They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and…
• Judges 6:25–28On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. Then build a proper altar to…
• 2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
• 2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense…

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