KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Chronicles 14:3 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For he took away” | וַיָּ֛סַר | To turn off (literally or figuratively) | took away |
| “the altars” | מִזְבְּח֥וֹת | An altar | altars |
| “of the strange” | הַנֵּכָ֖ר | Foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom | strange |
| “gods,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and the high places,” | וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת | An elevation | high places |
| “and brake down” | וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ | To burst (literally or figuratively) | brake down |
| “the images,” | הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת | Something stationed, i.e., a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol | images |
| “and cut down” | וַיְגַדַּ֖ע | To fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything | cut down |
| “the groves:” | הָֽאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃ | Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same | groves |
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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:
3 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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