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Green's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 14:3

And he removed the altars of the alien, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherahs.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Groves;   High Places;   Iconoclasm;   Revivals;   Rulers;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   False;   Groves;   High Places;   Iconoclasm;   Idolatry;   Places;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Groves;   High Places;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Idol;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Idol;   Pillars;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   High Place;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Sun;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Asa;   Chronicles, Books of;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Gods;   High Place;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - High Place;   Pillar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.
Hebrew Names Version
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
King James Version
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
English Standard Version
He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim
New Century Version
He removed the foreign altars and the places where gods were worshiped. He smashed the stone pillars that honored other gods, and he tore down the Asherah idols.
New English Translation
He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.
Amplified Bible
He removed the foreign altars and high places and tore down the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones), and cut to pieces the Asherim [the symbols of the goddess Asherah].
New American Standard Bible
for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the memorial stones, cut down the Asherim,
World English Bible
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
Geneva Bible (1587)
For he tooke away the altars of the strange gods and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues,
Legacy Standard Bible
for he removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, cut the Asherim in pieces,
Berean Standard Bible
He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered their sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
Contemporary English Version
He destroyed the local shrines and the altars to foreign gods. He smashed the stone images of gods and cut down the sacred poles used in worshiping the goddess Asherah.
Complete Jewish Bible
He ordered Y'hudah to seek Adonai , the God of their ancestors, and to obey the Torah and the mitzvah.
Darby Translation
and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;
Easy-to-Read Version
He took away the altars of the foreigners and the high places. He also smashed the memorial stones and cut down the Asherah poles.
George Lamsa Translation
For he demolished the altars of the strange gods and the shrines, and broke down the images and cut down the groves;
Good News Translation
He removed the foreign altars and the pagan places of worship, broke down the sacred stone columns, and cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah.
Lexham English Bible
He removed the foreign altars and high places, broke down the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherahs.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and put awaye the straunge altares, and the hye places, and brake the pilers, and hewed downe the groues,
American Standard Version
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
Bible in Basic English
For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he toke away straunge aulters and the high places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
King James Version (1611)
For hee tooke away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves:
English Revised Version
for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and brak ymagis, and kittide doun woodis;
Update Bible Version
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
Webster's Bible Translation
For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
New Life Bible
For he put away the strange altars and high places. He tore down the pillars used in worship of false gods. And he cut down the false goddesses, the Asherim.
New Revised Standard
He took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, hewed down the sacred poles,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and took away the foreign altars, and the high places, - and brake in pieces the pillars, and cut in twain the Sacred Stems;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.
Revised Standard Version
He took away the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the pillars and hewed down the Ashe'rim,
Young's Literal Translation
and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,

Contextual Overview

1 And Abijah lay with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah his God. 3 And he removed the altars of the alien, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherahs. 4 And he commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the commandment. 5 And he removed the high places and the images out of all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah, for the land had quiet. And there was no war with him in these years, because Jehovah had given him rest. 7 And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and walls around them , and towers, two leaved gates, and bars, while the land is before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God.We have sought, and He has given rest to usall around. And they built and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army bearing bucklers and spears three hundred thousand out of Judah, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin, bearing shields and drawing bows; all these were mighty men of valor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For he took: Deuteronomy 7:5, 1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 11:8, 1 Kings 14:22-24

the high places: 2 Chronicles 15:17, Leviticus 26:30, 1 Kings 15:12-14

brake: 2 Chronicles 34:4, Exodus 34:13, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25

images: Heb. statue, 2 Kings 23:14, *marg.

cut down: Judges 6:25-28, 1 Kings 11:7, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:6, 2 Kings 23:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:3 - and burn 1 Kings 15:14 - the high places 2 Chronicles 15:16 - he removed 2 Chronicles 17:6 - he took away 2 Chronicles 20:33 - the high places 2 Chronicles 31:1 - brake

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
And Jehovah rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from Jehovah out of the heavens.
Numbers 34:12
And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the end of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.
Deuteronomy 3:17
and the Arabah, the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the Slopes of Pisgah eastward.
Joshua 3:16
that the waters stood still, those coming down from above rose up into a heap, very far above the city Adam, which is beside Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the Arabah, the SaltSea, were completely cut off. And the peoplepassed over opposite to Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
a fruitful land to a salty desert; because of the wickedness of those who live in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he took away the altars of the strange gods,.... Or of a strange people, of the Zidonians, Ammonites, and Moabites, which had remained from the times of Solomon, and which he built for his wives, 1 Kings 11:7

and the high places; built for idols; for as for those on which the true God was worshipped, they were not removed in his days, 1 Kings 15:14

and brake down the images: or statues, or pillars, erected to the honour of idols, and on which the images of them were placed:

and cut down the groves; in the midst of which they stood.


 
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