2 Kings 23:6
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3318 [e]וַיֹּצֵ֣א
way-yō-ṣê
And he brought outConj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
842 [e]הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩
hā-’ă-šê-rāh
the wooden imageArt | N-fs
1004 [e]מִבֵּ֨ית
mib-bêṯ
from the housePrep-m | N-msc
3068 [e]יְהוָ֜ה
Yah-weh
of YahwehN-proper-ms
2351 [e]מִח֤וּץ
mi-ḥūṣ
outsidePrep-m | N-ms
3389 [e]לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙
lî-rū-šā-lim
JerusalemPrep-l | N-proper-fs
413 [e]אֶל־
’el-
toPrep
5158 [e]נַ֣חַל
na-ḥal
the BrookN-msc
6939 [e]קִדְר֔וֹן
qiḏ-rō-wn,
KidronN-proper-fs
8313 [e]וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף
way-yiś-rōp̄
and burnedConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
853 [e]אֹתָ֛הּ
’ō-ṯāh
itDirObjM | 3fs
5158 [e]בְּנַ֥חַל
bə-na-ḥal
at the BrookPrep-b | N-msc
6939 [e]קִדְר֖וֹן
qiḏ-rō-wn
KidronN-proper-fs
1854 [e]וַיָּ֣דֶק
way-yā-ḏeq
and ground [it]Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms
6083 [e]לְעָפָ֑ר
lə-‘ā-p̄ār;
to ashesPrep-l | N-ms
7993 [e]וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙
way-yaš-lêḵ
and threwConj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
6083 [e]עֲפָרָ֔הּ
‘ă-p̄ā-rāh,
its ashesN-msc | 3fs
5921 [e]עַל־
‘al-
onPrep
6913 [e]קֶ֖בֶר
qe-ḇer
the gravesN-msc
1121 [e]בְּנֵ֥י
bə-nê
of commonN-mpc
5971 [e]הָעָֽם׃
hā-‘ām.
the peopleArt | N-ms





















Hebrew Texts
מלכים ב 23:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֜ה מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל קִדְרֹ֔ון וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛הּ בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֹ֖ון וַיָּ֣דֶק לְעָפָ֑ר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֔הּ עַל־קֶ֖בֶר בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

מלכים ב 23:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ויצא את־האשרה מבית יהוה מחוץ לירושלם אל־נחל קדרון וישרף אתה בנחל קדרון וידק לעפר וישלך את־עפרה על־קבר בני העם׃

מלכים ב 23:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ויצא את־האשרה מבית יהוה מחוץ לירושלם אל־נחל קדרון וישרף אתה בנחל קדרון וידק לעפר וישלך את־עפרה על־קבר בני העם׃

מלכים ב 23:6 Hebrew Bible
ויצא את האשרה מבית יהוה מחוץ לירושלם אל נחל קדרון וישרף אתה בנחל קדרון וידק לעפר וישלך את עפרה על קבר בני העם׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He brought out the Asherah pole from the LORD's temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley, beat it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the grove. Or rather, Asherah, or Astarte.

2 Kings 21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, …

Judges 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and …

1 Kings 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on …

1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God …

Jeremiah 17:2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the …

and burned.

Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, …

Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall …

Deuteronomy 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with …

the graves.

2 Kings 10:27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of …

2 Chronicles 34:4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the …

the children. Probably the common people.

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