2 Kings 23:14
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And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars (cultic memorial stones, images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with human bones [to desecrate the places forever].
He broke in pieces the pillars (images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with the bones of men [to defile the places forever].
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the sacred poles, filling the places where they had been with human bones.
He smashed the standing-stones, chopped down the sacred poles and covered their remains with human bones.
He tore down the stone images of foreign gods and cut down the sacred pole used in the worship of Asherah. Then he had the whole area covered with human bones.
And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.
And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.
He broke all the memorial stones and Asherah poles. Then he scattered dead men’s bones over that place.
Josiah broke the stone pillars that people worshipped into small pieces. He cut down the Asherah poles. He covered the ground where they had been with human bones.
He smashed the sacred memorial stones to bits, and he cut down the Asherah poles. Then he filled their sites with human bones.
And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.
Josiah smashed to pieces the ·stone [sacred] pillars they worshiped, and he cut down the Asherah ·idols [poles; C a sacred tree or pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah; 13:6]. Then he covered the places with human bones.
And he brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.
King Josiah broke the stone pillars to pieces, cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah, and the ground where they had stood he covered with human bones.
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
Josiah smashed into pieces the stone pillars they worshiped. He cut down the Asherah idols. And he covered the places with human bones.
He broke the pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherim, and filled their locations with human bones.
And he broke the images in pieces and cut down the groves and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.
He also broke into pieces the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and covered their sites with human bones.
He smashed the obelisks and cut down the shameful idols of Asherah; then he defiled these places by scattering human bones over them.
The king smashed all the altars to smithereens—the altar on the roof shrine of Ahaz, the various altars the kings of Judah had made, the altars of Manasseh that littered the courtyard of The Temple—he smashed them all, pulverized the fragments, and scattered their dust in the Valley of Kidron. The king proceeded to make a clean sweep of all the sex-and-religion shrines that had proliferated east of Jerusalem on the south slope of Abomination Hill, the ones Solomon king of Israel had built to the obscene Sidonian sex goddess Ashtoreth, to Chemosh the dirty-old-god of the Moabites, and to Milcom the depraved god of the Ammonites. He tore apart the altars, chopped down the phallic Asherah-poles, and scattered old bones over the sites. Next, he took care of the altar at the shrine in Bethel that Jeroboam son of Nebat had built—the same Jeroboam who had led Israel into a life of sin. He tore apart the altar, burned down the shrine leaving it in ashes, and then lit fire to the phallic Asherah-pole.
He broke the standing stones, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their sites with human bones.
Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.
He broke to pieces the pillars, cut down the asherahs, and filled the places where they had been with human bones.
He also smashed to pieces the memorial stones and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with human bones.
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.
He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He defiled these places with human bones.
Josiah smashed to pieces the stone pillars they worshiped, and he cut down the Asherah idols. Then he covered the places with human bones.
He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled those shrines with human bones.
Josiah smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. Then he covered all those places with human bones.
Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.
Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.
And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.
And Josiah broke in pieces the pillars used in worship and cut down the Asherim. He filled their places with human bones.
He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. Then he desecrated these places by scattering human bones over them.
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
And he broke in pieces the matzevot, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their makom with the atzmot adam.
And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Ashe′rim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Ashe′rim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
He smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and filled their places with human bones.
He shattered the sacred pillars and chopped down the sacred poles. In their place, he desecrated their sites by contact with corpses.
He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
and he all-brake [the] images, and cutted down (the) [maumet] woods (and cut down the sacred poles of Asherah), and filled the places of those with the bones of dead men.
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
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