1 Kings 14:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 For the Lord will strike Israel so that they will[a] shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors.(A) He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates(B) because they made their Asherah poles, angering the Lord.(C)
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- 14:15 so that they will supplied for clarity
1 Kings 14:15
King James Version
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
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1 Kings 14:15
New King James Version
15 For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will (A)uproot Israel from this (B)good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them (C)beyond [a]the River, (D)because they have made their [b]wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger.
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- 1 Kings 14:15 The Euphrates
- 1 Kings 14:15 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
1 Kings 14:23
Christian Standard Bible
23 They also built for themselves high places,(A) sacred pillars,(B) and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
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1 Kings 14:23
King James Version
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
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1 Kings 14:23
New King James Version
23 For they also built for themselves (A)high[a] places, (B)sacred pillars, and (C)wooden images on every high hill and (D)under every green tree.
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- 1 Kings 14:23 Places for pagan worship
1 Kings 15:13
King James Version
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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1 Kings 15:13
New King James Version
13 Also he removed (A)Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [a]Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and (B)burned it by the Brook Kidron.
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- 1 Kings 15:13 A Canaanite goddess
2 Kings 18:4
Christian Standard Bible
4 He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.(A) He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made,(B) for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.[a]
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- 18:4 = A Bronze Thing
2 Kings 18:4
King James Version
4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
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2 Kings 18:4
New King James Version
4 (A)He removed the [a]high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the [b]wooden image and broke in pieces the (B)bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it [c]Nehushtan.
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 18:4 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
- 2 Kings 18:4 Lit. Bronze Thing, also similar to Heb. nahash, serpent
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