Parallel Verses
World English Bible
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
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:
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 Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God: 3 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, 4 and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.
Exodus 34:13
but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
1 Kings 15:12-14
He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Kings 23:14
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
I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
Deuteronomy 7:25
You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Judges 6:25-28
It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
1 Kings 11:7-8
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings 14:22-24
Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, 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 bronze serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
2 Chronicles 34:4
They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves [of those] who had sacrificed to them.