Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they broke down before him the altars of Baalim, and demolished the idols that had been set upon them: and he cut down the groves and the graven things, and broke them in pieces: and strewed the fragments upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them. brake down 2 Chronicles 33:3 And he turned, and built again the high places which Ezechias his father had destroyed: and he built altars to Baalim, and made groves, and he adored all the host of heaven, and worshipped them. Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues. Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. Deuteronomy 7:5,25 But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things. . . . images. 2 Chronicles 14:5 And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, and temples, and reigned in peace. 2 Kings 23:4,5,11 And the king commanded Helcias, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem, in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel. . . . made dust 2 Chronicles 34:7 And when he had destroyed the altars, and the groves, and had broken the idols in pieces, and had demolished all profane temples throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. Exodus 32:20 And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strewed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink. Deuteronomy 9:21 And your sin that you had committed, that is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust, I threw it into the torrent, which cometh down from the mountain. 2 Kings 23:12 And the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king broke down: and he ran from thence, and cast the ashes of them into the torrent Cedron. Psalm 18:42 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets. Isaiah 27:9 Therefore upon this shall the iniquity of the house of Jacob be forgiven: and this is all the fruit, that the sin thereof should be taken away, when he shall have made all the stones of the altar, as burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves and temples shall not stand. graves [heb] face of the graves 2 Kings 10:26,27 And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it, . . . 2 Kings 23:4,6 And the king commanded Helcias, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem, in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel. . . . Context Josiah Destroys Idolatry3And in the eighth year of his reign, when he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of his father David: and in the twelfth year after he began to reign, he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the idols, and the graven things. 4And they broke down before him the altars of Baalim, and demolished the idols that had been set upon them: and he cut down the groves and the graven things, and broke them in pieces: and strewed the fragments upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them.5And he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols, and he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.… Cross References Exodus 32:20 And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strewed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink. Exodus 34:13 But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves: Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 2 Kings 23:4 And the king commanded Helcias, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem, in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel. 2 Kings 23:5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of Juda, and round about Jerusalem: them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve signs, and to all the host of heaven. 2 Kings 23:6 And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, to the valley of Cedron, and he burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people. 2 Chronicles 14:5 And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, and temples, and reigned in peace. 2 Chronicles 33:22 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father had done: he sacrificed to all the idols which Manasses his father had made, and served them. Micah 1:5 And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place. Lexicon Then in his presenceלְפָנָ֗יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face the altars מִזְבְּח֣וֹת (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar of the Baals הַבְּעָלִ֔ים (hab·bə·‘ā·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1168: Baal -- a heathen god were torn down, וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּ (way·nat·tə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5422: To pull down, break down and he cut to pieces the incense altars וְהַֽחַמָּנִ֛ים (wə·ha·ḥam·mā·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2553: A sun-pillar that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that were above לְמַ֥עְלָה (lə·ma‘·lāh) Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top them. מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (mê·‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition-m | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against He shattered שִׁבַּ֣ר (šib·bar) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7665: To break, break in pieces the Asherah poles, וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִים (wə·hā·’ă·šê·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same the carved idols, וְהַפְּסִלִ֤ים (wə·hap·pə·si·lîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6456: An idol, image and the cast images, וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת֙ (wə·ham·mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4541: A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet crushed them to dust, וְהֵדַ֔ק (wə·hê·ḏaq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1854: To crush, pulverize, thresh and scattered וַיִּזְרֹק֙ (way·yiz·rōq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2236: Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew them over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the graves הַקְּבָרִ֔ים (haq·qə·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6913: A grave, sepulcher of those who had sacrificed הַזֹּבְחִ֖ים (haz·zō·ḇə·ḥîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice to them. לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 0: 0 Additional Translations Then 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.And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of them that had sacrificed to them. And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. And he pulled down the altars of Baalim that were before his face, and the high places that were above them; and he cut down the groves, and the graven images, and broke in pieces the molten images, and reduced them to powder, and cast it upon the surface of the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them. And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-pillars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces, and made dust [of them] and strewed it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed to them; And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images, that were on high above them, he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them. They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves [of those] who had sacrificed to them. And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that are on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them, Jump to Previous Altars Asherim Baalim Baals Brake Broke Carved Chopped Cut Dust Engraved Graven Graves Groves Hewed High Images Incense Molten Pieces Presence Sacrificed Strewed Sun-ImagesJump to Next Altars Asherim Baalim Baals Brake Broke Carved Chopped Cut Dust Engraved Graven Graves Groves Hewed High Images Incense Molten Pieces Presence Sacrificed Strewed Sun-ImagesExternal Links 2 Chronicles 34:4 NIV2 Chronicles 34:4 NLT 2 Chronicles 34:4 ESV 2 Chronicles 34:4 NASB 2 Chronicles 34:4 ASV 2 Chronicles 34:4 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 34:4 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 34:4 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 34:4 French Bible 2 Chronicles 34:4 German Bible Alphabetical: above also altars and Asherah Asherim Baals broke carved chopped cut direction down graves ground had he high his idols images in incense it molten of on over pieces poles powder presence sacrificed scattered smashed that the them These They those to tore torn Under were who OT History: 2 Chronicles 34:4 They broke down the altars (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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