2 Kings 23
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2 Kings 23:14-16

141He also smashedH7665 toH7665 piecesH7665 the memorialH4676 stonesH4676 and cutH3772 downH3772 the 2AsherimH842, and 3filledH4390 their placesH4725 with humanH120 bonesH6106.

15FurthermoreH1571, 4the altarH4196 that was at BethelH1008 and the 5highH1116 placeH1116 whichH834 JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028, whoH834 misledH2398 IsraelH3478 intoH2398 sinH2398, had madeH6213, evenH1571 that altarH4196 and the highH1116 placeH1116 he toreH5422 downH5422. Then he 6burnedH8313 the highH1116 placeH1116, groundH1854 the remains to dustH6083, and burnedH8313 the AsherahH842. 16Now when JosiahH2977 turnedH6437, he sawH7200 the gravesH6913 that were thereH8033 on the mountainH2022, and he sentH7971 men and tookH3947 the bonesH6106 from the gravesH6913, and burnedH8313 them on the altarH4196 and defiledH2930 it 7in accordance with the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 whichH834 the manH376 of GodH430 proclaimedH7121, the one whoH834 proclaimedH7121 theseH428 thingsH1697.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 23:14 Deut 7:5, 25 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 23:14 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah) ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 23:14 2 Kin 23:16 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 23:15 1 Kin 13:1 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 23:15 1 Kin 12:28-33 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 23:15 2 Kin 23:6 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 23:16 1 Kin 13:2 ↩

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