2 Chronicles 14:3
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3 He took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the sacred poles,[a](A)
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- 14.3 Or Asherahs
2 Chronicles 14:3
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3 He removed the foreign altars(A) and the high places, smashed the sacred stones(B) and cut down the Asherah poles.[a](C)
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- 2 Chronicles 14:3 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Chronicles
Deuteronomy 7:5
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5 But this is how you must deal with them: break down their altars, smash their pillars, cut down their sacred poles,[a] and burn their idols with fire.(A)
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Deuteronomy 7:5
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5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[a](A) and burn their idols in the fire.(B)
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- Deuteronomy 7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy
Exodus 34:13
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13 Rather, you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and cut down their sacred poles,[a](A)
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Exodus 34:13
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- Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
2 Kings 23:14
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14 He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles,[a] and covered the sites with human bones.(A)
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2 Kings 23:14
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14 Josiah smashed(A) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(B)
1 Kings 15:12-14
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12 He put away the illicit priests out of the land and removed all the idols that his ancestors had made.(A) 13 He also removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for Asherah; Asa cut down her image and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.(B) 14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his days.(C)
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1 Kings 15:12-14
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12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes(A) from the land and got rid of all the idols(B) his ancestors had made. 13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah(C) from her position as queen mother,(D) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down(E) and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14 Although he did not remove(F) the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed(G) to the Lord all his life.
2 Chronicles 15:17
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17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was true all his days.
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2 Chronicles 15:17
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17 Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.
2 Chronicles 34:4
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4 In his presence they pulled down the altars of the Baals; he demolished the incense altars that stood above them. He broke down the sacred poles[a] and the carved and the cast images; he made dust of them and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(A)
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2 Chronicles 34:4
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4 Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles(A) and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(B)
2 Kings 23:6
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6 He brought out the image of[a] Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the Wadi Kidron, burned it at the Wadi Kidron, beat it to dust, and threw the dust of it upon the graves of the common people.(A)
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2 Kings 23:6
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6 He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(A) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(B) and scattered the dust over the graves(C) of the common people.(D)
2 Kings 18:4
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4 He removed the high places, broke down the pillars, and cut down the sacred pole.[a] He broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it; it was called Nehushtan.(A)
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2 Kings 18:4
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4 He removed(A) the high places,(B) smashed the sacred stones(C) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(D) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[a])
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
1 Kings 14:22-24
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22 Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their ancestors had done.(A) 23 For they also built for themselves high places, pillars, and sacred poles[a] on every high hill and under every green tree;(B) 24 there were also illicit priests in the land. They committed all the abominations of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel.(C)
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1 Kings 14:22-24
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22 Judah(A) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(B) more than those who were before them had done. 23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(C) and Asherah poles(D) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(E) 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(F) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(G) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
1 Kings 11:7-8
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7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites on the mountain east of Jerusalem.(A) 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives who offered incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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1 Kings 11:7-8
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7 On a hill east(A) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh(B) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek(C) the detestable god of the Ammonites. 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
Judges 6:25-28
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25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father and cut down the sacred pole[a] that is beside it(A) 26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, in proper order;[b] then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the sacred pole[c] that you cut down.” 27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had told him, but because he was too afraid of his family and the townspeople to do it by day, he did it by night.
Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal
28 When the townspeople rose early in the morning, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the sacred pole[d] beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.(B)
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Judges 6:25-28
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25 That same night the Lord said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old.[a] Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole[b](A) beside it. 26 Then build a proper kind of[c] altar to the Lord your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cut down, offer the second[d] bull as a burnt offering.(B)”
27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the townspeople, he did it at night rather than in the daytime.
28 In the morning when the people of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar,(C) demolished, with the Asherah pole beside it cut down and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar!
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- Judges 6:25 Or Take a full-grown, mature bull from your father’s herd
- Judges 6:25 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; also in verses 26, 28 and 30
- Judges 6:26 Or build with layers of stone an
- Judges 6:26 Or full-grown; also in verse 28
Deuteronomy 7:25
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25 The images of their gods you shall burn with fire. Do not covet the silver or the gold that is on them and take it for yourself, because you could be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.(A)
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Deuteronomy 7:25
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25 The images of their gods you are to burn(A) in the fire. Do not covet(B) the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared(C) by it, for it is detestable(D) to the Lord your God.
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