Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
for he removed
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
A Conservative Version
For he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
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,
Themes
High places » Destroyed by » Asa, partially
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » Asa
Religious zeal » Instances of » Asa
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Asa » Abolishing » Sodomy
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 14:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Reign Of Asa In Judah
2
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
3 for he removed
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their Asherim and burn their carved images with fire.
Exodus 34:13
You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim
1 Kings 15:12-14
He put away the male cult prostitutes 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 out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.
Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.
Deuteronomy 7:25
The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Judges 6:25-28
That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it
1 Kings 11:7-8
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
1 Kings 14:22-24
And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than 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 bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).
2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the 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 chopped down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he cut down the incense altars that stood above them. And he broke in pieces the Asherim and the carved and the metal images, and he made dust of them and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.