Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

New American Standard Bible

for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,

King James Version

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

Holman Bible

He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.

International Standard Version

by removing the foreign altars and high places, tearing down the sacred pillars, cutting down the Asherim, and

American Standard Version

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

Amplified

He removed the foreign altars and high places and tore down the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones), and cut to pieces the Asherim [the symbols of the goddess Asherah].

Bible in Basic English

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

Darby Translation

and he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

Julia Smith Translation

And he will remove the altars of the stranger, and the heights, and break the pillars, and cut down the images:

King James 2000

For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the idol poles:

Lexham Expanded Bible

He removed the foreign altars and high places, broke down the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherahs.

Modern King James verseion

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the Asherahs.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and took away the altars of strangers and the hill altars, and brake the Images and cut down the groves,

NET Bible

He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

New Heart English Bible

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

The Emphasized Bible

and took away the foreign altars, and the high places, - and brake in pieces the pillars, and cut in twain the Sacred Stems;

Webster

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:

World English Bible

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

Youngs Literal Translation

and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

the altars
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

of the strange
נכר 
Nekar 
Usage: 36

gods, and the high places
בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

and brake down
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

the images
מצּבה 
Matstsebah 
Usage: 32

and cut down
גּדע 
Gada` 
Usage: 22

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

The Reign Of Asa In Judah

2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of LORD his God. 3 For he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, 4 and commanded Judah to seek LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:5

But thus shall ye deal with them: Ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

Exodus 34:13

But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim,

1 Kings 15:12-14

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

2 Kings 23:14

And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Deuteronomy 7:25

Ye shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. Thou shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to thee, lest thou be snared by it, for it is an abomination to LORD thy God.

Judges 6:25-28

And it came to pass the same night, that LORD said to him, Take thy father's bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.

1 Kings 11:7-8

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab on the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon.

1 Kings 14:22-24

And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.

2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah, and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. For to those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.

2 Kings 23:6

And he brought out the Asherah from the house of LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people.

2 Chronicles 34:4

And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence, and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them,

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