2 Kings 23:14 Parallel Translations

Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

ASV:

And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

BBE:

The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.

DBY:

And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.

ERV:

And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

JPS:

And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

WBS:

And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

WEB:

He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

YLT:

And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;

2 Kings 23:14 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 7:5 "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.

Deuteronomy 7:25 "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.

2 Kings 23:16 Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

23:14 Men - Of the idolatrous priests, which he caused to be taken out of their graves, ver.18. As he carried the ashes of the images to the graves, to mingle them with dead mens bones, so he carried dead mens bones to the places where the images had been, that both ways idolatry might be rendered loathsome. Dead men and dead gods were indeed much alike, and fittest to go together.

MHC:

23:4-14 What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where his dwelling-place was, such abominations should be found. Josiah had reigned eighteen years, and had himself set the people a good example, and kept up religion according to the Divine law; yet, when he came to search for idolatry, the depth and extent were very great. Both common history, and the records of God's word, teach, that all the real godliness or goodness ever found on earth, is derived from the new-creating Spirit of Jesus Christ.

CONC:

Asherah Asherahs Asherim Ashe'rim Bits Bones Brake Broke Broken Columns Covered Cut Cutteth Dead Filled Filleth Full Groves Human Images Pieces Pillars Places Poles Sacred Shrines Sites Smashed Standing-pillars Stone Stones Wood

Asherah Asherahs Asherim Ashe'rim Bits Bones Brake Broke Broken Columns Covered Cut Cutteth Filled Filleth Groves Human Images Josiah Pieces Pillars Places Poles rs Sacred Shrines Smashed Standing-Pillars Stone Stones Wood

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