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2 Kings 18:4
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2 Kings 18:4
New American Standard Bible
4 (A)He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the [a]Asherah. He also crushed to pieces (B)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 18:4
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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
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 Chronicles 31:1
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2 Chronicles 31:1
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Idols Are Destroyed
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, (A)broke the memorial stones in pieces, cut down the [a]Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until [b]they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.
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- 2 Chronicles 31:1 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 Lit to completion
2 Chronicles 31:1
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2 Chronicles 31:1
New International Version
31 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down(A) the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
2 Chronicles 31:1
King James Version
2 Chronicles 31:1
King James Version
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
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