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2 Chronicles 14:3

He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

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ASV

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

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:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּ֛סַרvai.Ya.sarand he removedH5493 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מִזְבְּח֥וֹתmiz.be.Chot[the] altars ofH4196 →
הַנֵּכָ֖רha.ne.Khar<the> foreignnessH5236 →
וְהַבָּמ֑וֹתve.ha.ba.Motand the high placesH1116 →
וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙vay.sha.Berand he broke downH7665 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹתha.ma.tze.Votthe sacred pillarsH4676 →
וַיְגַדַּ֖עvay.ga.Da'and he cut downH1438 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃ha.'a.she.Rimthe Asherah polesH842 →

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Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.2 Kings 23:14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.1 Kings 15:12–14He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.1 Kings 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.Judges 6:25–28On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.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.1 Kings 14:22–24And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.1 Kings 11:7–8At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.2 Chronicles 17:6And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.2 Chronicles 20:33The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.Deuteronomy 12:3Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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