2 Chronicles 34:7
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And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
In other translations
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Hebrew words
וַיְנַתֵּץvaynatetzand he pulled downH5422אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתhamizbechotthe altarsH4196וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הָאֲשֵׁרִיםha'asherimthe Asherah polesH842וְהַפְּסִלִיםvehapesilimand the idolsH6456כִּתַּתkitathe crushedH3807לְהֵדַקlehedakto pulverizeH1854וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הַחַמָּנִיםhachamanimthe incense altarsH2553גִּדַּעgida'he cut downH1438בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] land ofH776יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וַיָּשָׁבvaiyashovand he returnedH7725לִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ סlirushalimto JerusalemH3389
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Related verses
- 2 Chronicles 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.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 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 your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.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 into the stream that came down from the mountain.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Jerusalem