2 Kings 23:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,  cut down the Asherah poles,  then filled their places with human bones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ 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].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the sacred poles, filling the places where they had been with human bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.

2 Kings 23:14 Cross References

2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.  He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made,  for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.

2 Kings 23:16

As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar.  He defiled it according to the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God  who proclaimed these things.

Exodus 23:24

Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them  and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.

Exodus 34:13

Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore Jacob’s iniquity  will be atoned for in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Isaiah 44:19

No one comes to his senses; no one has the perception or insight to say, ‘I burned half of it in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and ate. Should I make something detestable  with the rest of it? Should I bow down to a block of wood? ’

Ezekiel 6:5

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

Micah 1:7

All her carved images will be smashed  to pieces; all her wages  will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again for a prostitute.

Numbers 19:16

Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:18

A person who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, a corpse, or a person who had been killed.

Numbers 33:52

you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images  and cast images,  and demolish all their high places.

Deuteronomy 7:5

Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles,  and burn their carved images.