2 Chronicles 34:3-7
New English Translation
3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor[a] David. In his twelfth year he began ridding[b] Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images. 4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down,[c] and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols, and images, crushed them, and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 He burned the bones of the pagan priests[d] on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem. 6 In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins[e] around them, 7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:3 tn Heb “father.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 tn Heb “purifying.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:5 tn Heb “the priests”; the qualifying adjective “pagan” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 34:6 tn “In their ruins” is the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text.
2 Chronicles 34:3-7
English Standard Version
3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the (A)Asherim, and the carved and the metal images. 4 And they chopped down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he cut down the (B)incense altars that stood above them. And he broke in pieces the (C)Asherim and the carved and the metal images, and he made dust of them and (D)scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 (E)He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And in the (F)cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins[a] all around, 7 he broke down the altars and beat the (G)Asherim and the images (H)into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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