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and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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He removed the foreign altars(A) and the high places, smashed the sacred stones(B) and cut down the Asherah poles.[a](C) He commanded Judah to seek the Lord,(D) the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands. He removed the high places(E) and incense altars(F) in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:3 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Chronicles