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2 Kings 23:15

He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

BSB

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ASV

Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

KJV

Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְגַ֨םve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּבֵֽית־be.veit-[was] at Beth-H1008
אֵ֗ל'El-elH1008
הַבָּמָה֙ha.ba.Mahthe high placeH1116
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשָׂ֜ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213
יָרָבְעָ֤םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121
נְבָט֙ne.VatNebatH5028
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
הֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'he caused to sinH2398
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
גַּ֣םgamalsoH1571
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּזְבֵּ֧חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
הַה֛וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַבָּמָ֖הha.ba.Mahthe high placeH1116
נָתָ֑ץna.Tatzhe tore downH5422
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ףvai.yis.Rofand he burnedH8313
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבָּמָ֛הha.ba.Mahthe high placeH1116
הֵדַ֥קhe.Dakhe crushed [it]H1854
לְעָפָ֖רle.'a.Farto dustH6083
וְשָׂרַ֥ףve.sa.Rafand he burnedH8313
אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃'a.she.Rah[the] Asherah poleH842

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain