2 Chronicles 14:3
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New International Version (©1984)
He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.

English Standard Version (©2001)
He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He got rid of the altars of foreign gods, broke down the sacred stones, and cut down the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the idol poles:

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.

Darby Bible Translation
and he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:

World English Bible
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut 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,

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he took away the altars of the strange gods,.... Or of a strange people, of the Zidonians, Ammonites, and Moabites, which had remained from the times of Solomon, and which he built for his wives, 1 Kings 11:7.

and the high places; built for idols; for as for those on which the true God was worshipped, they were not removed in his days, 1 Kings 15:14.

and brake down the images: or statues, or pillars, erected to the honour of idols, and on which the images of them were placed:

and cut down the groves; in the midst of which they stood.


Geneva Study Bible

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the {a} groves:

(a) Which were planted contrary to the Law, De 16:21.


King James Translators' Notes

images: Heb. statues


Scofield Reference Notes

Margin places

Cf. See Scofield Note: "1Ki 3:2"

See Scofield Note: "1Ki 15:14".

Margin groves

See Scofield Note: "Dt 16:21"

See Scofield Note: "Jud 3:7".


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. brake down the images-of Baal (see on [436]2Ch 34:4; [437]Le 26:30).

cut down the groves-rather, "Asherim."


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-15 Asa's piety, He strengthens his kingdom. - Asa aimed at pleasing God, and studied to approve himself to him. Happy those that walk by this rule, not to do that which is right in their own eyes, or in the eye of the world, but which is so in God's sight. We find by experience that it is good to seek the Lord; it gives us rest; while we pursue the world, we meet with nothing but vexation. Asa consulted with his people how to make a good use of the peace they enjoyed; and concluded with them that they must not be idle, nor secure. A formidable army of Ethiopians invaded Asa's kingdom. This evil came upon them, that their faith in God might be tried. Asa's prayer is short, but it is the real language of faith and expectation from God. When we go forth in God's name, we cannot but prosper, and all things work together for the good of those whom he favours.


Exodus 34:13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.
Deuteronomy 7:5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.
1 Kings 15:12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.
2 Chronicles 14:2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 14:4 He commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to obey his laws and commands.

Altars Asherah Asherahs Asherim Ashe'rim Brake Breaketh Broke Broken Columns Cut Cutteth Foreign Gods Groves Hewed High Images Pillars Places Poles Removed rs Sacred Shrines Smashed Standing-Pillars Stones Strange Stranger Tore Turneth Upright Wood


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

For he took De 7:5 1Ki 11:7,8 14:22-24

the high places 2Ch 15:17 Le 26:30 1Ki 15:12-14

brake 2Ch 34:4 Ex 34:13 De 7:5,25

images [heb] statue 2Ki 23:14

cut down Jud 6:25-28 1Ki 11:7 2Ki 18:4 23:6,14

2 Chronicles Chapter 14 Verse 3

Alphabetical: altars and Asherah Asherim cut down for foreign He high pillars places poles removed sacred smashed stones the tore

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