2 Kings 18:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 He was (A)twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 (B)He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father David had done. 4 (C)He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the [a]Asherah. He also crushed to pieces (D)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called [b]Nehushtan.
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- 2 Kings 18:4 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
- 2 Kings 18:4 I.e., a bronze sculpture
2 Kings 18:2-4
New International Version
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.(A) His mother’s name was Abijah[a] daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was right(B) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(C) had done. 4 He removed(D) the high places,(E) smashed the sacred stones(F) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(G) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[b])
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
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