The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
2 Kings 19:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and have hurled their gods into the fire, though they were no gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and so they were destroyed. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And have cast the gods of those peoples into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they [could destroy and] have destroyed them. American Standard Version (1901) and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. Common English Bible The Assyrians burned the gods of those nations with fire because they aren’t real gods. They are only man-made creations of wood and stone. That’s how the Assyrians could destroy them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but instead were the works of men's hands, out of wood and stone. And so they destroyed them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but the works of men's hands of wood and stone: and they destroyed them. |
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols whose images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
“Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals.