2 Kings 23:8
6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
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- BSB
- Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
- KJV
- And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
- WEB
- He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
- ASV
- And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man`s left hand at the gate of the city.
- DARBY
- And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba even to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates, those at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, [and] those on the left hand of any [going in] at the gate of the city.
- BLB
- And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense there, from Geba to Beersheba, and he broke down the high places of the gates that [were] at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, that [were] on the left of a man at the gate of the city.
- ÅB
- Han lot alle prestene komme fra Judas byer og gjorde de hauger urene hvor prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Be'erseba, og han brøt ned haugene ved portene, både den som lå ved inngangen til byhøvedsmannen Josvas port, og den som lå til venstre ved byporten.
- OTB
- Så førte han alle prestene fra Judas byer, og vanhelliget de høye stedene hvor prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Beersheba. Og han rev ned de høye stedene ved portene som var ved inngangen til porten til Josva, byens guvernør, som var på ens venstre side ved byporten.
- B1930
- Han lot alle prestene komme fra Judas byer og gjorde de hauger urene hvor prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Be'erseba, og han brøt ned haugene ved portene, både den som lå ved inngangen til byhøvedsmannen Josvas port, og den som lå til venstre ved byporten.
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1 Kings 15:22
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
Read in contextJoshua 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Read in contextIsaiah 10:29
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Read in contextGenesis 26:23
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Read in contextJudges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Read in contextGenesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:60
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
Read in contextZechariah 14:10
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
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