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
New American Standard Bible
3 For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to (A)seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began (B)to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the [a]Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images. 4 They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he chopped down (C)the incense altars that were high above them; also he broke in pieces the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images, and (D)ground them to powder, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 Then (E)he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem. 6 (F)In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding spaces, 7 he also tore down the altars and (G)crushed the [b]Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:3 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- 2 Chronicles 34:7 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
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