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2 Chronicles 14:3

1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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BSB
He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
KJV
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
WEB
for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles,
ASV
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
DARBY
and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;
BLB
and he turned aside the altars of the stranger and the high places, and he broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles,
ÅB
Han fikk bort de fremmede guders altere og offerhaugene og sønderbrøt støttene og hugg Astartebildene i stykker.
OTB
for han fjernet de fremmede altrene og offerhaugene, rev ned minnesteinene og hogg ned Asjera-stolpene,
B1930
Han fikk bort de fremmede guders altere og offerhaugene og sønderbrøt støttene og hugg Astartebilledene i stykker.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Exodus 34:13

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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  • 1 Kings 15:12–14

    And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:17

    But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

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  • Leviticus 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.

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  • Judges 6:25–28

    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 cut down the grove that is by it:

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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.

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