2 Kings 18:2-4
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 He was (A)twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was (B)Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 (C)And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. 4 (D)He removed the high places and broke the (E)pillars and cut down (F)the Asherah. And he broke in pieces (G)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).[a]
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent
2 Kings 18:2-4
New International Version
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.(A) His mother’s name was Abijah[a] daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was right(B) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(C) had done. 4 He removed(D) the high places,(E) smashed the sacred stones(F) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(G) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[b])
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
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