2 Kings 23:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

The grove

Jeremiah 17:2

And burned

Exodus 32:20

Deuteronomy 7:25

Deuteronomy 9:21

The graves

2 Kings 10:27

2 Chronicles 34:4

General references

Jeremiah 32:34

Bible References

The grove

And he put an image of a grove that he had made, even in the very temple of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.

And so the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the LORD and forgot the LORD their God and served Baalim and Asheroth.

For they also made them hill altars and images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

And Ahab made a grove, and proceeded further in angering the LORD God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

that your children also may think upon your altars, woods, thick trees, high hills, mountains and fields.

And burned

And the took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and stamped it unto powder and strowed it in the water, and made the children of Israel drink.

The images of their gods thou shalt burn with fire, and see that thou covet not the silver or gold that is on them nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therewith. For it is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made and burnt him with fire and stamped him and ground him a-good, even unto small dust. And I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

The graves

And they brake the image of Baal, and brake the house of Baal, and made a privy house thereof, unto this day.

so that they brake down the altars of Baals even in his presence, and the Idols that were upon them he caused to be destroyed. And the groves, carved Images, and Images of metal he brake and made dust of them, and strawed it upon the graves of them that had offered to them.

General references

They would not hear, to be reformed and correct. They have set their gods in the house that is hallowed unto my name, to defile it.