2 Kings 18:4

He put away the hill altars, and brake the images and cut down the groves, and all to brake the brazen serpent that Moses made - for unto those days the children of Israel did burn sacrifice to it, and called it Nehushtan.

2 Chronicles 31:1

And when they had finished all this, then all Israel that were found in cities of Judah went out and brake the Images and cut down the groves, and all to break the hill altars and the other altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had made an end of them. And afterward all the children of Israel returned every man to his possession in their own cities.

Numbers 21:8-9

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Make thee a serpent and hang it up for a sign, and let as many as are bitten look upon it and they shall live."

Exodus 23:24

see thou worship not their gods neither serve them, neither do after the works of them, but overthrow them and break down the places of them.

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your altars built upon high hills, and overthrow your images, and cast your carcasses upon the bodies of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Deuteronomy 7:5

But thus ye shall deal with them: overthrow their altars, break down their pillars, cut down their groves and burn their images with fire.

Deuteronomy 12:2-3

See that ye destroy all places where the nations which ye conquer serve their gods, upon high mountains and on high hills and under every green tree.

Judges 6:25

And the same night the LORD said unto him, "Take an ox of thy father's and another of seven years old, and destroy the altar of Baal that belongeth unto thy father, and cut down the grove that is about it,

Judges 6:28

When the men of the city were up early in the morning: Behold the altar of Baal was broken, and the grove that stood about it cut down. And the second ox offered upon the altar that was made.

1 Kings 3:2-3

Only the people sacrificed in altars made on hills, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD until those days.

1 Kings 15:12-14

And he made the stews of males depart the land, and put away all the idols that his fathers had made.

1 Kings 22:43

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father and bowed not therefrom. But did that was right in the eyes of the LORD. Only he did not put the hill altars out of the way: for the people offered and burnt their sacrifices yet in the hill altars.

2 Kings 12:3

But they took not away the hill altars, for the people slew and offered still in the hill altars.

2 Kings 14:4

Neither took they away the hill altars. But the people slew and offered still in the hill altars.

2 Kings 15:4

save that they put not the hill altars away: for the people offered and burned fat still in the hill altars.

2 Kings 15:35

But they put not away the hill altars: for the people offered and burnt cense still in the hill altars. He built the highest door in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 16:15

And the king commanded Uriah the Priest, saying, "Upon the great altar set on fire, in the morning, burnt offerings; and in the evening, meat offerings and the king's burnt sacrifice and his meat offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people of the land and their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and pour thereon all the blood of all manner of offerings. But the brazen altar shall be for me, to enquire with."

2 Kings 18:22

If ye say unto me, 'We trust in the LORD our God' - Is not that he whose hill altars and other altars too, Hezekiah hath put down, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, 'Bow yourselves before this altar here in Jerusalem'?

2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the inferior priests and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD, all the vessels that were made for Baal and for the grove and for all the host of heaven. And he burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried the ashes of them into Bethel.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Neverthelater, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God."

2 Chronicles 33:3

For he went to and built again the hill altars which Hezekiah his father had broken down. And he reared up altars unto Baals and made groves and bowed himself unto all the host of heaven and served them.

Psalm 78:58

And so they grieved him with their high places, and provoked him with their images.

Ezekiel 20:28-29

For after I had brought them into the land that I promised to give them, when they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees: they made there offerings, and provoked me with their oblations, making sweet savours there, and poured out their drink offerings.

John 3:14-15

And as Moses lift up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lift up,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

The brasen serpent

Unto those days

General references

Bible References

Removed

2 Kings 12:3
But they took not away the hill altars, for the people slew and offered still in the hill altars.
2 Kings 14:4
Neither took they away the hill altars. But the people slew and offered still in the hill altars.
2 Kings 15:4
save that they put not the hill altars away: for the people offered and burned fat still in the hill altars.
Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your altars built upon high hills, and overthrow your images, and cast your carcasses upon the bodies of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
1 Kings 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in altars made on hills, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD until those days.
1 Kings 15:14
But he put not down the hill altars. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was whole with the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 22:43
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father and bowed not therefrom. But did that was right in the eyes of the LORD. Only he did not put the hill altars out of the way: for the people offered and burnt their sacrifices yet in the hill altars.
Psalm 78:58
And so they grieved him with their high places, and provoked him with their images.
Ezekiel 20:28
For after I had brought them into the land that I promised to give them, when they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees: they made there offerings, and provoked me with their oblations, making sweet savours there, and poured out their drink offerings.

Brake

2 Kings 23:4
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the inferior priests and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD, all the vessels that were made for Baal and for the grove and for all the host of heaven. And he burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried the ashes of them into Bethel.
Deuteronomy 7:5
But thus ye shall deal with them: overthrow their altars, break down their pillars, cut down their groves and burn their images with fire.
Deuteronomy 12:2
See that ye destroy all places where the nations which ye conquer serve their gods, upon high mountains and on high hills and under every green tree.
Judges 6:25
And the same night the LORD said unto him, "Take an ox of thy father's and another of seven years old, and destroy the altar of Baal that belongeth unto thy father, and cut down the grove that is about it,
1 Kings 15:12
And he made the stews of males depart the land, and put away all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Chronicles 19:3
Neverthelater, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God."
2 Chronicles 31:1
And when they had finished all this, then all Israel that were found in cities of Judah went out and brake the Images and cut down the groves, and all to break the hill altars and the other altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had made an end of them. And afterward all the children of Israel returned every man to his possession in their own cities.
2 Chronicles 33:3
For he went to and built again the hill altars which Hezekiah his father had broken down. And he reared up altars unto Baals and made groves and bowed himself unto all the host of heaven and served them.

The brasen serpent

Numbers 21:8
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Make thee a serpent and hang it up for a sign, and let as many as are bitten look upon it and they shall live."
John 3:14
And as Moses lift up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lift up,

Unto those days

2 Kings 16:15
And the king commanded Uriah the Priest, saying, "Upon the great altar set on fire, in the morning, burnt offerings; and in the evening, meat offerings and the king's burnt sacrifice and his meat offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people of the land and their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and pour thereon all the blood of all manner of offerings. But the brazen altar shall be for me, to enquire with."

General references

2 Kings 12:3
But they took not away the hill altars, for the people slew and offered still in the hill altars.