2 Chronicles 14:3

2 Chronicles 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
• New International Version (NIV)He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim
• New King James Version (NKJV)for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images.

Context of 2 Chronicles 14:3

1Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Adonai his God. 2He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. He commanded Judah to seek Adonai, the God of their fathers, and to obey the Torah and the mitzvah. 4He also removed the high places and the incense stands out of all the cities of Judah. So the kingdom remained untroubled under him. 5He built up fortified cities in Judah, for the land was untroubled and he was not engaged in warfare during those years because Adonai had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 14:3 word by word

וַיָּ֛סַר אֶת־מִזְבְּח֥וֹת הַנֵּכָ֖ר וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת וַיְגַדַּ֖ע אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For he took awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• of the strangeנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• and the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• and brake downשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the imagesמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• and cut downגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
• the grovesאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 14:3

• Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, you are to deal with them like this: tear down their altars, smash their pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.
• 1 Kings 11:7At that time Solomon also built a high place for Chemosh, the detested thing of Moab, on the mountain near Jerusalem, as well as for Molech the detested thing of the children of Ammon.
• 1 Kings 14:22Judah did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes. They provoked Him to jealousy with more than all that their forefathers had done with the sins that they committed.
• 2 Chronicles 15:17Though the high places were not removed from Israel, still Asa’s heart was completely committed to Adonai all his days.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places and cut down your altars of incense, cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols, and My soul will abhor you.
• 1 Kings 15:12He also expelled the male prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4They tore down the altars of the Baal in his presence and chopped down the sun-images that were above them. Also the Asherah poles and the carved and molten images he smashed into pieces, ground into dust, and scattered upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• Exodus 34:13Instead you must break down their ­altars, smash their pillars and cut down their Asherah poles.
• 2 Kings 23:14He smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and filled their places with human bones.
• Judges 6:25Now it came to pass the same night that Adonai said to him, “Take the young bull that belongs to your father and a second bull of seven years old, pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, cut down the Asherah that is beside it,
• 2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made—for up to those days Bnei-Yisrael were still burning incense to it—it was called Nehushtan .
• 2 Kings 23:6Then he brought out the Asherah pole from the House of Adonai to Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust and threw its dust over the graves of the common people.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5At the start of his reign, Asa removed the foreign altars in Judah (2 Chronicles 14:5). However, he did not remove the pagan shrines from Israel (2 Chronicles 15:17). These shrines were likely in the northern kingdom cities that Asa inherited from Abijah. Idolatry by other groups in the land troubled Judah throughout its history. This pagan activity might have increased again toward the end of Asa’s reign, over thirty years later.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. brake down the images--of Baal (see on 2Ch 34:4; Le 26:30). cut down the groves--rather, "Asherim."Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 14:3

• Groves
• High Places
• Iconoclasm
• Revivals
• Rulers
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Strange Gods
• Idol
• Quiet
• Asa
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Gods
• High Place
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14

• 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