2 Chronicles 34:4
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And they brake 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 brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.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.
In other translations
And they brake 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 brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.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.
Hebrew words
וַיְנַתְּצוּvaynatetzuand people pulled downH5422לְפָנָיוlefanav<to> before himH6440אֵת'et<obj.>H853מִזְבְּחוֹתmizbechot[the] altars ofH4196הַבְּעָלִיםhabe'alimthe BaalsH1168וְהַחַמָּנִיםvehachamanimand the incense altarsH2553אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834לְמַעְלָהlema'lah[were] <to> upwards <towards>H4605מֵעֲלֵיהֶםme'aleihem<from> above <the> themH5921גִּדֵּעַgidea'he cut downH1438וְהָאֲשֵׁרִיםveha'asherimand the Asherah polesH842וְהַפְּסִלִיםvehapesilimand the idolsH6456וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹתvehammasekhotand the molten imagesH4541שִׁבַּרshibarhe broke in piecesH7665וְהֵדַקvehedakand he pulverized [them]H1854וַיִּזְרֹקvaiyizrokand he sprinkled [them]H2236עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] surface ofH6440הַקְּבָרִיםhakevarimthe gravesH6913הַזֹּבְחִיםhazoechimwho sacrificedH2076לָהֶם׃lahemto them
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