逐节对照
- New American Standard Bible - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the memorial stones in pieces, cut down the Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.
- 新标点和合本 - 这事既都完毕,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍断木偶,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地将邱坛和祭坛拆毁净尽。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归各地。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 这一切事都完毕以后,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城镇,打碎柱像,砍断亚舍拉,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地把丘坛和祭坛完全拆毁。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归自己产业的地去了。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 这一切事都完毕以后,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城镇,打碎柱像,砍断亚舍拉,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地把丘坛和祭坛完全拆毁。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归自己产业的地去了。
- 当代译本 - 当一切都办妥后,所有在场的以色列人就前往犹大各城邑,砸碎神柱,砍倒亚舍拉神像,又拆毁犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西境内所有的丘坛和祭坛,然后各自返回自己的城邑和家园。
- 圣经新译本 - 这一切都作完了,所有在那里的以色列人就都出去,到犹大的各城,打碎神柱,砍下亚舍拉;又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲和玛拿西各地,把邱坛和祭坛完全拆毁。然后以色列众人都各回各城,各归自己的地业去了。
- 中文标准译本 - 这一切事结束后,在那里的以色列人全都出去到犹大的各城,打碎神柱,砍倒亚舍拉柱,并在全犹大、便雅悯、以法莲和玛拿西,拆毁高所和祭坛,直到全部拆毁了。然后所有的以色列人就各回自己的产业,回本城去了。
- 现代标点和合本 - 这事既都完毕,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍断木偶,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地将丘坛和祭坛拆毁净尽。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归各地。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 这事既都完毕,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城邑,打碎柱像、砍断木偶,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地,将邱坛和祭坛拆毁净尽。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归各地。
- New International Version - When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
- New International Reader's Version - The Passover Feast came to an end. The people of Israel who were in Jerusalem went out to the towns of Judah. They smashed the sacred stones. They cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They destroyed the high places and the altars. They did those things all through Judah and Benjamin. They also did them in Ephraim and Manasseh. They destroyed all the objects used to worship other gods. Then the Israelites returned to their own towns and property.
- English Standard Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
- New Living Translation - When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.
- The Message - After the Passover celebration, they all took off for the cities of Judah and smashed the phallic stone monuments, chopped down the sacred Asherah groves, and demolished the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines and local god shops. They didn’t stop until they had been all through Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then they all went back home and resumed their everyday lives.
- Christian Standard Bible - When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.
- New King James Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.
- Amplified Bible - Now when all of this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and smashed the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones) in pieces, cut down the Asherim (wooden symbols of a female deity), and tore down the high places and the altars [of idolatry] throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons (descendants) of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his own property.
- American Standard Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- King James Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- New English Translation - When all this was over, the Israelites who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.
- World English Bible - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 新標點和合本 - 這事既都完畢,在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍斷木偶,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地將邱壇和祭壇拆毀淨盡。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸各地。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 這一切事都完畢以後,在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城鎮,打碎柱像,砍斷亞舍拉,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地把丘壇和祭壇完全拆毀。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸自己產業的地去了。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 這一切事都完畢以後,在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城鎮,打碎柱像,砍斷亞舍拉,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地把丘壇和祭壇完全拆毀。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸自己產業的地去了。
- 當代譯本 - 當一切都辦妥後,所有在場的以色列人就前往猶大各城邑,砸碎神柱,砍倒亞舍拉神像,又拆毀猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西境內所有的邱壇和祭壇,然後各自返回自己的城邑和家園。
- 聖經新譯本 - 這一切都作完了,所有在那裡的以色列人就都出去,到猶大的各城,打碎神柱,砍下亞舍拉;又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮和瑪拿西各地,把邱壇和祭壇完全拆毀。然後以色列眾人都各回各城,各歸自己的地業去了。
- 呂振中譯本 - 這一切事既已作完,所有在場的 以色列 眾人就都出去、到 猶大 各城市,把崇拜柱子打碎,將 亞舍拉 神木砍下;又從 猶大 、 便雅憫 、 以法蓮 、 瑪拿西 遍地、將邱壇和祭壇全都拆毁;於是 以色列 眾人都回本城,各歸自己的地業去。
- 中文標準譯本 - 這一切事結束後,在那裡的以色列人全都出去到猶大的各城,打碎神柱,砍倒亞舍拉柱,並在全猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮和瑪拿西,拆毀高所和祭壇,直到全部拆毀了。然後所有的以色列人就各回自己的產業,回本城去了。
- 現代標點和合本 - 這事既都完畢,在那裡的以色列眾人就到猶大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍斷木偶,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地將丘壇和祭壇拆毀淨盡。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸各地。
- 文理和合譯本 - 此事既畢、在彼之以色列眾咸出、往猶大諸邑、碎其柱像、斫其木偶、毀其崇邱與壇、在猶大 便雅憫 以法蓮 瑪拿西諸地、盡除滅之、以色列人乃返故邑、各歸其業、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 祀事既畢、以色列眾往猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、馬拿西諸邑、毀偶像、伐林木、廢崇坵、拆祭壇、滅之務盡、然後歸。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 此事既畢、所有 以色列 眾、往 猶大 諸邑、毀偶像、斫諸亞舍拉、在 猶大 、 便雅憫 、 以法蓮 、 瑪拿西 遍地、廢崇邱、拆祭壇、滅之淨盡、然後 以色列 人眾各返故邑、各歸其業、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Cuando terminó la fiesta, todos los israelitas que estaban allí recorrieron las ciudades de Judá para derribar las piedras sagradas y las imágenes de la diosa Aserá. También derribaron por completo los altares y los santuarios paganos que había en los territorios de Judá, Benjamín, Efraín y Manasés. Después de eso, todos ellos regresaron a sus ciudades, cada uno a su propiedad.
- 현대인의 성경 - 유월절 축제가 끝나자 예루살렘에 모였던 모든 사람들은 유다 여러 성 으로 가서 돌기둥의 우상들을 깨뜨리고 아세라 여신상을 찍어 버렸다. 그들은 또 유다와 베냐민과 에브라임과 므낫세 전 지역에 있는 산당과 제단을 헐었다. 그런 다음에 유월절을 지키려고 북쪽에서 온 이스라엘 사람들은 모두 고향으로 돌아갔다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Когда все это окончилось, израильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили святилища на возвышенностях и жертвенники во всей Иудее и в земле Вениамина, Ефрема и Манассии до конца. После этого израильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- Восточный перевод - Когда всё это окончилось, исраильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили капища на возвышенностях и жертвенники по всем землям Иуды, Вениамина, Ефраима и Манассы до конца. После этого исраильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда всё это окончилось, исраильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили капища на возвышенностях и жертвенники по всем землям Иуды, Вениамина, Ефраима и Манассы до конца. После этого исраильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда всё это окончилось, исроильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили капища на возвышенностях и жертвенники по всем землям Иуды, Вениамина, Ефраима и Манассы до конца. После этого исроильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Lorsque toute la fête fut terminée, tous les Israélites qui se trouvaient là partirent pour les villes de Juda et brisèrent les stèles des idoles, abattirent les pieux sacrés d’Ashéra et démolirent les hauts lieux et les autels dans tout Juda et Benjamin, ainsi que dans les territoires d’Ephraïm et de Manassé, jusqu’à ce qu’il n’en reste plus. Puis tous les Israélites retournèrent dans leurs villes, chacun dans sa propriété.
- リビングバイブル - そののち、偶像礼拝打破の大がかりな運動が始まりました。過越の祭りを祝うためにエルサレムに集まった人々は、ユダ、ベニヤミン、エフライム、マナセの町々へ行き、偶像の祭壇、石の柱、恥ずべき像、その他の異教の施設を壊しました。そのあと、北の諸部族から祭りに来ていた人々は、それぞれの家へ帰って行きました。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Quando a festa acabou, os israelitas saíram pelas cidades de Judá e despedaçaram as pedras sagradas e derrubaram os postes sagrados. Eles destruíram os altares idólatras em todo o Judá e Benjamim, e em Efraim e Manassés. Depois de destruírem tudo, voltaram para as suas cidades, cada um para a sua propriedade.
- Hoffnung für alle - Nach dem Fest zogen alle versammelten Israeliten in die judäischen Städte und zerstörten die Opferstätten. Sie zerschlugen die Steinmale, die fremden Göttern geweiht waren, warfen die heiligen Pfähle um und rissen die Götzenaltäre nieder. Sie ruhten nicht eher, bis sie ihr Werk in ganz Juda und Benjamin und in den Gebieten von Ephraim und Manasse vollendet hatten. Dann erst kehrten alle Israeliten nach Hause zurück.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi lễ kết thúc, tất cả người Ít-ra-ên có mặt tại Giê-ru-sa-lem đều kéo ra các thành Giu-đa, Bên-gia-min, Ép-ra-im, và Ma-na-se đập phá các trụ thờ, các thần tượng A-sê-ra, các miếu tà thần, và bàn thờ. Sau đó, người Ít-ra-ên trở về nhà mình.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อจบพิธีฉลองแล้ว ชนอิสราเอลซึ่งอยู่ที่นั่นก็ออกไปยังเมืองต่างๆ ของยูดาห์ ทุบทำลายหินศักดิ์สิทธิ์ โค่นเสาเจ้าแม่อาเชราห์ ทำลายสถานบูชาบนที่สูงทั้งหลาย และทำลายแท่นบูชาต่างๆ ทั่วยูดาห์ เบนยามิน และในเอฟราอิมกับมนัสเสห์ หลังจากทำลายหมดสิ้นแล้วชาวอิสราเอลทั้งปวงก็กลับสู่บ้านเมืองและที่ดินของตน ( 2พกษ.18:5-7 )
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เมื่อทุกสิ่งเสร็จสิ้นแล้ว อิสราเอลทั้งปวงที่ร่วมงานที่นั่นก็ออกไปยังเมืองต่างๆ ของยูดาห์ และพังเสาหินและเทวรูปอาเชราห์ ทำลายสถานบูชาบนภูเขาสูงและแท่นบูชาทั่วยูดาห์และเบนยามิน ทั่วเอฟราอิมและมนัสเสห์ พวกเขาทำลายจนหมดสิ้น และประชาชนอิสราเอลก็กลับไปยังเมืองของตนและที่ดินของตน
交叉引用
- 2 Chronicles 30:1 - Now Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 - For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
- 2 Chronicles 30:3 - since they could not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 30:4 - So the decision was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 30:5 - So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel from Beersheba to Dan, that they are to come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as was written.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6 - The couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:7 - Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were untrue to the Lord God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, just as you see.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 - Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 - For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion in the presence of those who led them captive, and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 - So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.
- 2 Chronicles 30:11 - Nevertheless, some men of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 - The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 30:13 - Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 30:14 - They got up and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 - Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16 - They stood at their stations following their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.
- 2 Chronicles 30:17 - For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites were in charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 - For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, and Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 - everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:20 - So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 - The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests were praising the Lord day after day with loud instruments to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 - Then Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of the Lord. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23 - Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah had contributed to the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep, and the princes had contributed to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep; and a large number of priests consecrated themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 30:25 - All the assembly of Judah rejoiced, with the priests and the Levites and all the assembly that came from Israel, both the strangers who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 30:26 - So there was great joy in Jerusalem, because there was nothing like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 - Then the Levitical priests stood and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 - And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- 1 Kings 18:38 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood, and the stones and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
- 1 Kings 18:39 - When all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God!”
- 1 Kings 18:40 - Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
- 2 Kings 17:2 - He did evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel who preceded him.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 - They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he chopped down the incense altars that were high above them; also he broke in pieces the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images, and ground them to powder, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:5 - Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:6 - In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding spaces,
- 2 Chronicles 34:7 - he also tore down the altars and crushed the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
- Esther 4:16 - “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, which is not in accordance with the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
- Deuteronomy 7:5 - But this is what you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, smash their memorial stones, cut their Asherim to pieces, and burn their carved images in the fire.
- Exodus 23:24 - You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their memorial stones in pieces.
- Genesis 19:15 - When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- 2 Kings 23:2 - And the king went up to the house of the Lord and every man of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great; and he read in their presence all the words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 23:3 - And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments, His provisions, and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:4 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the heavenly lights; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:5 - Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining heavenly lights.
- 2 Kings 23:6 - He also brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- 2 Kings 23:7 - And he tore down the cubicles of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.
- 2 Kings 23:8 - Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he tore down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.
- 2 Kings 23:9 - Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
- 2 Kings 23:10 - He also defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no one would make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech.
- 2 Kings 23:11 - And he did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was at the covered courtyard; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
- 2 Kings 23:12 - The king also tore down the altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Kings 23:13 - And the king defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon.
- 2 Kings 23:14 - He also smashed to pieces the memorial stones and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with human bones.
- 2 Kings 23:15 - Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who misled Israel into sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place, ground the remains to dust, and burned the Asherah.
- 2 Kings 23:16 - Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent men and took the bones from the graves, and burned them on the altar and defiled it in accordance with the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, the one who proclaimed these things.
- 2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, “What is this gravestone there that I see?” And the men of the city told him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.”
- 2 Kings 23:18 - And he said, “Leave him alone; no one is to disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
- 2 Kings 23:19 - Then Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had constructed, provoking the Lord to anger; and he did to them just as he had done in Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:20 - And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 - for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the memorial stones, cut down the Asherim,
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 - Is it not the same Hezekiah who removed His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense”?
- 2 Kings 18:4 - He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the Asherah. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan.