Reference: Quarry
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In the story of the slaughter of Eglon by Ehud (Jg 3) we are told (Jg 3:19) that Ehud turned back from 'the quarries that were by Gilgal,' while after the assassination he 'escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries' (Jg 3:26). An alternative translation 'graven images' is given in Authorized Version margin and Revised Version margin, while other versions, e.g. Septuagint and Vulgate, read 'idols.' The Heb. word p?s
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"But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
"The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
"You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
But he himself turned back from the idols which were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he said, "Keep silence." And all who attended him left him.
Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.
"Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."
And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, "Be gone!"