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2 Kings 18:4

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.

KJV

Ipse dissipavit excelsa, et contrivit statuas, et succidit lucos, confregitque serpentem æneum quem fecerat Moyses : siquidem usque ad illud tempus filii Israël adolebant ei incensum : vocavitque nomen ejus Nohestan.

Vulgate

αὐτὸς ἐξῆρεν τὰ ὑψηλά, καὶ συνέτριψεν τὰς στήλας, καὶ ἐξωλέθρευσεν τὰ ἄλση καὶ τὸν ὄφιν τὸν χαλκοῦν ὃν ἐποίησεν Μωυσῆς, ὅτι ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων ἦσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ θυμιῶντες αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Νεσθαλεί.

LXX

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

ASV

ה֣וּא הֵסִ֣יר אֶת הַ/בָּמ֗וֹת וְ/שִׁבַּר֙ אֶת הַ/מַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְ/כָרַ֖ת אֶת הָֽ/אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וְ/כִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ הַ/נְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֗ה כִּ֣י עַד הַ/יָּמִ֤ים הָ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ הָי֤וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מְקַטְּרִ֣ים ל֔/וֹ וַ/יִּקְרָא ל֖/וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
'shrh
proper_noun · 40×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִתְּת֨וּ
kttv
verb · 16×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 32×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×
נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן
nchshtn
proper_noun · 1×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. May we then not make any image at all? A. God can not and may not be visibly portrayed in any way. Although creatures may be portrayed, yet God forbids making or having such images if one's purpose is to worship them or to serve God through them.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:2 — Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
  • 1Kgs 15:12 — And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
  • 1Kgs 22:43 — And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offer
  • 2Chr 31:1 — Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out
  • 2Chr 31:1 — Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out
  • 2Chr 33:3 — For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
  • 2Kgs 11:18 — And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the
  • 2Kgs 12:3 — But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
  • 2Kgs 12:3 — But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
  • 2Kgs 16:15 — And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the
  • 2Kgs 18:22 — But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this alt
  • 2Kgs 21:3 — For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, an
  • Deut 7:5 — But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
  • Deut 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
  • Exod 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
  • Exod 34:13 — But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
  • Isa 36:7 — But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
  • John 3:14 — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
  • Judg 6:25 — And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and
  • Judg 6:28 — And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was
  • Lev 26:30 — And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  • Num 21:8 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
  • Num 21:9 — And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.