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2 Kings 23:14
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KJ21
And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the Asherah poles, 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.
AMP
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars (cultic memorial stones, images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with human bones [to desecrate the places forever].
AMPC
He broke in pieces the pillars (images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with the bones of men [to defile the places forever].
BRG
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
CSB
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
CSBA
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
CEB
He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the sacred poles, filling the places where they had been with human bones.
CJB
He smashed the standing-stones, chopped down the sacred poles and covered their remains with human bones.
CEV
He tore down the stone images of foreign gods and cut down the sacred pole used in the worship of Asherah. Then he had the whole area covered with human bones.
DARBY
And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.
DRA
And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.
ERV
He broke all the memorial stones and Asherah poles. Then he scattered dead men’s bones over that place.
EASY
Josiah broke the stone pillars that people worshipped into small pieces. He cut down the Asherah poles. He covered the ground where they had been with human bones.
EHV
He smashed the sacred memorial stones to bits, and he cut down the Asherah poles. Then he filled their sites with human bones.
ESV
And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.
ESVUK
And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.
EXB
Josiah smashed to pieces the ·stone [sacred] pillars they worshiped, and he cut down the Asherah ·idols [poles; C a sacred tree or pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah; 13:6]. Then he covered the places with human bones.
GNV
And he brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
GW
Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.
GNT
King Josiah broke the stone pillars to pieces, cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah, and the ground where they had stood he covered with human bones.
HCSB
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
ICB
Josiah smashed into pieces the stone pillars they worshiped. He cut down the Asherah idols. And he covered the places with human bones.
ISV
He broke the pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherim, and filled their locations with human bones.
JUB
And he broke the images in pieces and cut down the groves and filled their places with the bones of men.
KJV
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
AKJV
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
LSB
And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.
LEB
He also broke into pieces the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and covered their sites with human bones.
TLB
He smashed the obelisks and cut down the shameful idols of Asherah; then he defiled these places by scattering human bones over them.
MSG
The king smashed all the altars to smithereens—the altar on the roof shrine of Ahaz, the various altars the kings of Judah had made, the altars of Manasseh that littered the courtyard of The Temple—he smashed them all, pulverized the fragments, and scattered their dust in the Valley of Kidron. The king proceeded to make a clean sweep of all the sex-and-religion shrines that had proliferated east of Jerusalem on the south slope of Abomination Hill, the ones Solomon king of Israel had built to the obscene Sidonian sex goddess Ashtoreth, to Chemosh the dirty-old-god of the Moabites, and to Milcom the depraved god of the Ammonites. He tore apart the altars, chopped down the phallic Asherah-poles, and scattered old bones over the sites. Next, he took care of the altar at the shrine in Bethel that Jeroboam son of Nebat had built—the same Jeroboam who had led Israel into a life of sin. He tore apart the altar, burned down the shrine leaving it in ashes, and then lit fire to the phallic Asherah-pole.
MEV
He broke the standing stones, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their sites with human bones.
NOG
Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.
NABRE
He broke to pieces the pillars, cut down the asherahs, and filled the places where they had been with human bones.
NASB
He also smashed to pieces the memorial stones and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with human bones.
NASB1995
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.
NCB
He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He defiled these places with human bones.
NCV
Josiah smashed to pieces the stone pillars they worshiped, and he cut down the Asherah idols. Then he covered the places with human bones.
NET
He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled those shrines with human bones.
NIRV
Josiah smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. Then he covered all those places with human bones.
NIV
Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.
NIVUK
Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.
NKJV
And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.
NLV
And Josiah broke in pieces the pillars used in worship and cut down the Asherim. He filled their places with human bones.
NLT
He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. Then he desecrated these places by scattering human bones over them.
NRSVA
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
NRSVACE
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
NRSVCE
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
NRSVUE
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
OJB
And he broke in pieces the matzevot, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their makom with the atzmot adam.
RGT
And he broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
RSV
And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Ashe′rim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
RSVCE
And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Ashe′rim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
TLV
He smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles and filled their places with human bones.
VOICE
He shattered the sacred pillars and chopped down the sacred poles. In their place, he desecrated their sites by contact with corpses.
WEB
He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
WYC
and he all-brake [the] images, and cutted down (the) [maumet] woods (and cut down the sacred poles of Asherah), and filled the places of those with the bones of dead men.
YLT
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
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