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2 Kings 23:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the Lord had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: ‘I will establish my name for ever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.


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.


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.


The captain of the guards  also took away Seraiah  the chief priest, Zephaniah  the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.


After  Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.


When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put him to death.


Then the chief priests  and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,


Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days.


Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,  , and do not swear an oath: As the  Lord  lives!


The captain of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.


‘ “Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?


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.


Manasseh  set up a carved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s temple  that God had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: ‘I will establish my name for ever  , in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.


He even tore down the altar at Bethel  and the high place  that had been made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.


‘Go up to the high priest Hilkiah so that he may total up the silver brought into the Lord’s temple #– #the silver the doorkeepers have collected from the people.


They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images  for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole.  They bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky  and served Baal.


But I will leave seven thousand in Israel   #– #every knee that has not bowed to Baal  and every mouth that has not kissed him.’


Then Elijah ordered them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal!  Do not let even one of them escape.’ So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon  and slaughtered them there.


So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, ‘Baal, answer us! ’ But there was no sound;  no one answered. Then they danced  around the altar they had made.


Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel,  along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah  who eat at Jezebel’s table.’


Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not enough, he married Jezebel,  the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,  and then proceeded to serve Baal and bow in worship to him.


He set up one in Bethel,  and put the other in Dan.


Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching out of the city. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the wilderness.


for they abandoned him and worshipped Baal and the Ashtoreths.


He built altars to all the stars in the sky  in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.


The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof  of Ahaz’s upper chamber.  He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made  in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them  there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.


He said to me, ‘Son of man, do you see what they are doing here #– #more detestable acts that the house of Israel is committing   #– #so that I must depart from my sanctuary? You will see even more detestable acts.’


He also  removed his grandmother  Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it  in the Kidron Valley.


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


Whenever they saw there was a large amount of silver in the chest, the king’s secretary  and the high priest would go and bag up and tally the silver found in the Lord’s temple.


King Asa  also removed Maacah, his grandmother,  , from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image, then crushed it and burned it in the Kidron Valley.


I will stretch out my hand  against Judah and against all the residents of Jerusalem. I will cut off every vestige of Baal from this place, the names of the pagan priests along with the priests;





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