And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC