He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, then returned to Jerusalem.
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He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, then returned to Jerusalem.
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And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
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And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 34:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- Deuteronomy 9:21 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This great zeal of this godly King the holy…
This great zeal of this godly King the holy Ghost setteth forth as an example and pattern to other kings and rulers, to teach them what God requireth of them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 34:7 And when he had broken down the…
2Ch 34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
Ver. 7. And when he had broken.] See 2Ch 34:4.
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And cut down all the images.] Which have their name from burning or raging heat; because idolaters, quasi aestu perciti, followed their idols with much heat of desire, through any danger. Some render it the sun images.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when…
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house,.... The temple; this was in the twenty sixth year of his age, six years this work had been doing before it was finished:
he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah: who only is mentioned in Kg2 22:3 two more are added here, as follow:
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and Maaseiah the governor of the city; the city of Jerusalem, a deputy governor under the king, a sort of mayor or provost:
and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder; who was over the book of memorials, as the Targum; the word may be rendered "the remembrances"; and, according to Jarchi, as every king of Judah had a scribe to write down the memorable things that happened in his reign, good or bad, so the scribe had one by him, to put him in mind of every transaction, from whom he wrote it down:
to repair the house of the Lord his God; that is, to give orders for the doing of it, to prepare for it, provide workmen, and appoint overseers of them: it had not been repaired since the times of Joash, which, according to the Jewish chronology (y), was a space of two hundred and eighteen years.
(y) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 24.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. And when … all the idols] R.V. And…
7. And when … all the idols] R.V. And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images.
he returned] R.V. and returned.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) The idols.—Sun-statues (2Ch_34:4). The word does not occur…
(7) The idols.—Sun-statues (2Ch_34:4). The word does not occur in the parallel account; but 2Ch_34:5 mentions sun-worship.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain When. Cut out this word, which represents nothing in…
When. Cut out this word, which represents nothing in the original.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Deu 16:21"). See Scofield "Jdg 3:7".
groves
(See Scofield "Deu 16:21"). See Scofield "Jdg 3:7".
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