Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And he broke the images in pieces, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their places with the bones of men.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Holman Bible
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,
International Standard Version
He broke the pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherim, and filled their locations with human bones.
A Conservative Version
And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
American Standard Version
And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Amplified
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars (cultic memorial stones, images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with human bones [to desecrate the places forever].
Bible in Basic English
The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead
Darby Translation
And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.
Julia Smith Translation
He brake in pieces the statues and he will cut off the images, and fill their places with bones of man.
King James 2000
And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the idol poles, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He also broke into pieces the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and covered their sites [with] human bones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and brake the images and cut down the groves and filled the places with the bones of men.
NET Bible
He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones.
New Heart English Bible
He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
The Emphasized Bible
and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems, - and filled their place with human bones:
Webster
And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
World English Bible
He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
Themes
God » Special judgments inflicted » Bones scattered
God's Judgments » Special judgments inflicted » Bones scattered
Groves » Destroyed by » Josiah
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » Josiah
Idolatry » Everything connected with, should be destroyed
Israel » Josiah » Succeeds » Amon » Revival
Josiah » King of judah » Destroys the altar and high places of idolatry
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Josiah
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The birth and zeal of josiah
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 23:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Josiah's Covenantal Reforms
13 And the high places which were before Jerusalem on the right hand of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. 14 And he broke the images in pieces, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 And also the altar which was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place; he stamped it to powder, and burned the Asherah.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 23:24
You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them. And you shall not do according to their works. But you shall surely pull them down, and surely you shall smash their images.
Deuteronomy 7:5
But you shall deal with them in this way: you shall destroy their altars and break down their images, and cut down their groves and burn their graven images with fire.
2 Kings 23:16
And as Josiah turned, he spied the tombs which were there in the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar and defiled it, according to the Word of Jehovah which the man of God had proclaimed, who spoke these words.
Numbers 19:16
And whoever touches one that is killed with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:18
And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one killed, or one dead, or a grave.
Numbers 33:52
then you shall drive out all those who live in the land from before you, and destroy all their carved images, and destroy all their molded images and pluck down all their high places.
Deuteronomy 7:25-26
You shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold on them, nor take it for yourself, so that you may not be snared in it. For it is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
2 Chronicles 34:3-4
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David his father. And in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherahs, and the carved images, and the molten images.
Jeremiah 8:1-2
At that time, says Jehovah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
Ezekiel 39:12-16
And the house of Israel shall bury them, to cleanse the land, seven months.
Micah 1:7
And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her gifts shall be burned with the fire, and I will destroy all its idols. For she gathered it from the reward of a harlot, and they shall return to the reward of a harlot.
Matthew 23:27-28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.