2 Chronicles 14:3
Strong's Lexicon
He removed
וַיָּ֛סַר (way·yā·sar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: 1) to turn aside, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the foreign
הַנֵּכָ֖ר (han·nê·ḵār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5236: 1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign 1a) foreignness, foreign gods 1b) alien, foreigner 1c) foreign (vanities)

altars
מִזְבְּח֥וֹת (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4196: 1) altar

and high places,
וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת (wə·hab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: 1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform) 1a) high place, mountain 1b) high places, battlefields 1c) high places (as places of worship) 1d) funeral mound?

shattered
וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ (way·šab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7665: 1) to break, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench 1a2) to break, rupture (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked 1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig) 1c) (Piel) to shatter, break 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

their sacred pillars,
הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת (ham·maṣ·ṣê·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4676: 1) pillar, mastaba, stump 1a) pillar 1a1) as monument, personal memorial 1a2) with an altar 1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)

and chopped down
וַיְגַדַּ֖ע (way·ḡad·da‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1438: 1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off 1a) (Qal) to hew, chop in two 1b) (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off 1c) (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two 1d) (Pual) to chop down, hew down

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the Asherah poles.
הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃ (hā·’ă·šê·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 842: Ashera(h) = 'groves (for idol worship)' 1) a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images 1a) the goddess, goddesses 1b) her images 1c) sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

Young's Literal Translation
and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles. 

New American Standard Bible
for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the [sacred] pillars, cut down the Asherim,

King James Bible
For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.

New Living Translation
He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.

English Standard Version
He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim

New American Standard Bible
for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.

International Standard Version
by removing the foreign altars and high places, tearing down the sacred pillars, cutting down the Asherim, and

NET Bible
He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

American Standard Version
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

English Revised Version
for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;

Young's Literal Translation
and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
















Cross References
Exodus 34:13
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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.

1 Kings 15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

2 Chronicles 14:2
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

2 Chronicles 14:4
And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

2 Chronicles 14:1
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 Chronicles 13:22
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

2 Chronicles 14:5
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
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