2 Kings 18:22
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But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
In other translations
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
Hebrew words
וְכִי־vekhi-and ifH3588תֹאמְרוּןtomrunyou will say !H559אֵלַי'elaito meH413אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵינוּ'eloheinuGod ourH430בָּטָחְנוּbatachenuwe trustH982הֲלוֹא־halo'-¿ notH3808הוּאhu'[is] heH1931אֲשֶׁר'asher[the one] whomH834הֵסִירhesirhe has removedH5493חִזְקִיָּהוּchizkiyahuHezekiahH2396אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בָּמֹתָיוbamotavhigh places hisH1116וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מִזְבְּחֹתָיוmizbechotavaltars hisH4196וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he has saidH559לִיהוּדָהlihudahto JudahH3063וְלִירוּשָׁלִַםvelirushalimand to JerusalemH3389לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizbeachthe altarH4196הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088תִּשְׁתַּחֲווּtishtachavuyou will bow downH7812בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃birushalimin 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.
- 1 Corinthians 2:15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
- Isaiah 36:7But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?
- Matthew 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- Daniel 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- 2 Chronicles 32:12Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
- 2 Kings 18:4-54 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.4 He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it. 5 Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
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