2 Chronicles 30:14

2 Chronicles 30:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
• New International Version (NIV)They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They set to work and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for burning incense they took away and threw into the brook Kidron.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense altars and cast them into the Brook Kidron.

Context of 2 Chronicles 30:14

12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD. 13In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley. 15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD. 16They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

2 Chronicles 30:14 word by word

וַיָּקֻ֕מוּ וַיָּסִ֙ירוּ֙ אֶת־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־הַֽמְקַטְּרוֹת֙ הֵסִ֔ירוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֖יכוּ לְנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

• They proceededקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• to removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• ·כֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the incense altarsמְקַטֵרָהqâţar · incense-altarH6999
• and throw themשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• into the Kidronקִדְרוֹןqidrôn · KidronH6939
• Valleyנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:14

• 2 Chronicles 28:24Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• 2 Kings 18:22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
• 2 Kings 23:12He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
• Isaiah 2:18and the idols will vanish completely.
• 2 Chronicles 15:16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Chronicles 29:16So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Samuel 15:23Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
• John 18:1After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The continuance of the idolatrous altars to this time shows that Hezekiah had been more anxious to construct than to destroy, to establish the Yahweh-worship than to root out idolatry. Now, however, that the more important work was done, the temple open, and the daily service restored, attention could be turned to the secondary object of removing from the city all traces of the late apostasy.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 The great thing needful in attendance upon God in solemn ordinances, is, that we make heart-work of it; all is nothing without this. Where this sincerity and fixedness of heart are, there may yet be many things short of the purification of the sanctuary. These defects need pardoning, healing grace; for omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty. If God should deal with us in strict justice, even as to the very best of our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Hezekiah faced several challenges before observing Passover. Although the temple was purified, the city was not. The gathered crowd's first task was to remove all pagan altars. They disposed of them in the Kidron Valley, where they could be burned.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem--As a necessary preparation for the right observance of the approaching solemnity, the removal of the altars, which Ahaz had erected in the city, was resolved upon (2Ch 28:24); for, as the people of God, the Hebrews were bound to extirpate all traces of idolatry; and it was a happy sign and pledge of the influence of the Spirit pervading the minds of the people when they voluntarily undertook…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 30:14

• Iconoclasm
• Idolatry
• Month

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Hezekiah
• Kidron
• Loud
• Pentateuch
• Purification
• Hezekiah (2)
• Kidron, the Brook
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings