2 Kings 18:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:1

When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars  throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one.  Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.

2 Kings 18:22

Suppose you say to me, ‘We rely on the Lord our God.’ Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,  saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem’ ? ”

2 Kings 12:3

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa;  he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away;  the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Judges 6:28

When the men of the city got up in the morning, they found Baal’s altar torn down, the Asherah pole beside it cut down, and the second bull offered up on the altar that had been built.

Judges 6:25

On that very night the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old. Then tear down the altar of Baal  that belongs to your father and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

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.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines,  and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols;  I will reject you.

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.

2 Chronicles 33:3

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down  and re-established the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served them.

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, some good is found in you, for you have eradicated the Asherah poles from the land and have determined in your heart to seek God.’

2 Kings 16:15

Then King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah, ‘Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering. Also offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance.’

2 Kings 15:35

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 15:4

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 14:4

Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 23:4

Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiah  and the priests of the second rank  and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s sanctuary all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the stars in the sky.  He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Exodus 34:13

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

2 Kings 21:3

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed  and re-established the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,  as King Ahab of Israel had done;  he also bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky  and served them.

Isaiah 36:7

Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the Lord our God.” Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You are to worship at this altar”?

Deuteronomy 5:5

At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to report the word  of the Lord to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. And he said:

2 Kings 10:26

They brought out the pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it,

2 Kings 11:18

So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed its altars and images to pieces,  and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest appointed guards for the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 23:14

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