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 that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God,
3 for he removed
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall destroy their altars and break down their images and cut down their groves and burn their graven images in the fire.
Exodus 34:13
but ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves;
1 Kings 15:12-14
For he took 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 the images in pieces and cut down the groves and filled their places with the bones of men.
2 Chronicles 15:17
But with all this 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 images and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Deuteronomy 7:25
The graven images of their gods ye shall burn in the fire; thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take it unto thee lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
Judges 6:25-28
And it came to pass the same night that the LORD said unto him, Take a bullock of thy father's house and a second bullock seven years old and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father has and cut down the grove that is by it
1 Kings 11:7-8
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon.
1 Kings 14:22-24
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to anger more than all that their fathers had done in their sins which they committed.
2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places and broke the images and cut down the groves and broke in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days, the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the graven image of the grove from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron and stamped it small to powder and cast the powder of it upon the graves of the sons of the people.
2 Chronicles 34:4
And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the images of the sun, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves and the graven images and the molten images, he broke in pieces and made dust of them and scattered it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed unto them.