2 Kings 23:14
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
KJV
Et contrivit statuas, et succidit lucos : replevitque loca eorum ossibus mortuorum.
Vulgate
καὶ συνέτριψεν τὰς στήλας καὶ ἐξωλέθρευσεν τὰ ἄλση καὶ ἔπλησεν τοὺς τόπους αὐτῶν ὀστέων ἀνθρώπων.
LXX
And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
ASV
וְ/שִׁבַּר֙ אֶת הַ/מַּצֵּב֔וֹת וַ/יִּכְרֹ֖ת אֶת הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֑ים וַ/יְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת מְקוֹמָ֖/ם עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
'shrh
proper_noun · 40×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
י
y
noun · 126×
ם
m
noun · 32×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 14:3 — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
- 2Kgs 23:16 — And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to th
- 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.
- 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: