Josiah Destroys Idolatry
2 Chronicles 34:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.Or in the regions
- KJV
- And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.mattocks: or, mauls
- WEB
- He did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.
- ASV
- And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
- LSV
- and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their tools, all around.
- YLT
- and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.
- DBY
- And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about;
- DRC
- And in the cities of Manasses, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Nephtali he demolished all.
- GNV
- And in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, euen vnto Naphtali, with their maules they brake all round about.
- JPS
- And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their axes round about.
- LXXE
- And he did so in the cities of Manasse, and Ephraim, and Symeon, and Nephthali, and the places round about them.
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- Written (Ketiv): בְּהַר (“in [the] hill country of”). Read aloud (Qere): (“[ ]”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): בָּתֵּיהֶם (“houses their”). Read aloud (Qere): בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (“with swords their”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads בְּהַרְ; read aloud (Qere) reads (“[ ]”).
- Leningrad Codex reads בֹתֵיהֶ֖ם; read aloud (Qere) reads בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (“with swords their”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וּבְעָרֵ֨י מְנַשֶּׁ֧ה וְאֶפְרַ֛יִם וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן וְעַד־נַפְתָּלִ֑י בהר בתיהם סָבִֽיב׃Read aloud as (qere): בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ἐν πόλεσι Μανασσῆ, καὶ Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ Συμεὼν, καὶ Νεφθαλὶ, καὶ τοῖς τόποις αὐτῶν κύκλῳ.
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- 2 Chronicles 30:1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10–11And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them. Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves…
- 1 Samuel 13:20–21Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a…
- 2 Kings 23:15–20He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. And as Josiah…
- 2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and…
- Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- Isaiah 7:25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
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