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
New International Version
15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(C) poles.[a]
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- 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings
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 14:23
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
New International Version
23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C)
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 15:13
New International Version
13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah(A) from her position as queen mother,(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down(C) and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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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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
New International Version
4 He removed(A) the high places,(B) smashed the sacred stones(C) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(D) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[a])
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
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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