2 Chronicles 34:7 BSB

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְנַתֵּ֣ץ	vay.na.Tetz	and he pulled down	H5422 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹת	ha.miz.be.Chot	the altars	H4196 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤ים	ha.'a.she.Rim	the Asherah poles	H842 →
וְהַפְּסִלִים֙	ve.ha.pe.si.Lim	and the idols	H6456 →
כִּתַּ֣ת	ki.Tat	he crushed	H3807 →
לְהֵדַ֔ק	le.he.Dak	to pulverize	H1854 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַֽחַמָּנִ֥ים	ha.cha.ma.Nim	the incense altars	H2553 →
גִּדַּ֖ע	gi.Da'	he cut down	H1438 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיָּ֖שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and he returned	H7725 →
לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס	li.ru.sha.Lim	to Jerusalem	H3389 →

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2 Chronicles 31:1
When 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…
leads to
- 2 Kings 18:4
  He 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…
- 2 Chronicles 32:12
  Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
- 2 Chronicles 34:3–7
  In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem…
- 2 Chronicles 23:17
  So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
Through
Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it…
leads to
- Exodus 32:20
  Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink…
- Isaiah 31:7
  For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
Through
2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
leads to
- Jeremiah 1:2
  The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
- Zephaniah 1:1
  This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

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 9:21And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.2 Chronicles 14:5He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.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 23:17So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.2 Chronicles 30:14They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.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 Chronicles 34:5Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.2 Kings 11:18So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.Ezekiel 7:2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.Judges 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

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