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He took down the foreign altars and high places, and he shattered the pillars and cut down the images of Asherah. Then he urged Judah to seek the Lord the God of their fathers and to keep the law and commandments. And he also removed all the high places and incense altars in the cities in Judah. And the kingdom was at rest under Asa.

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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