2 Chronicles 30:14

Easy To Read Version

Those people took away the altars in Jerusalem that were for false gods. They also took away all the incense altars that were for false gods. They threw those altars into the Kidron Valley.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:23

All the people [85] were crying loudly. King David crossed over Kidron Brook. Then all of the people went out to the desert.

2 Kings 18:22

Maybe you will say, “We trust the Lord our God.” But I know that Hezekiah took away the high places [227] and altars [228] where people worshiped the Lord. And Hezekiah told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship only in front of the altar here in Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 15:16

King Asa also removed Maacah, his mother, from being queen mother. Asa did this because she had set up one of those awful poles to honor the goddess Asherah. Asa cut down that Asherah pole {\cf2\super [190]} and smashed it into small pieces. Then he burned the pieces in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 28:24

Ahaz gathered the things from God’s temple {\cf2\super [328]} and broke them to pieces. Then he closed the doors of the Lord’s temple. He made altars {\cf2\super [329]} and put them on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:16

The priests went into the inside part of the Lord’s temple to clean it. They took out all the unclean {\cf2\super [343]} things they found in the Lord’s temple. They brought the unclean things to the yard of the Lord’s temple. Then the Levites took the unclean things out to the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 32:12

Hezekiah himself took away the Lord’s high places {\cf2\super [391]} and altars. {\cf2\super [392]} He told you people of Judah and Jerusalem that you must worship and burn incense {\cf2\super [393]} on only one altar.

2 Chronicles 34:3

When Josiah was in his eighth year as king, he began to follow the God that David his ancestor followed. Josiah was still young when he began to obey God. When Josiah was in his twelfth year as king he began to destroy the high places {\cf2\super [421]} , the Asherah Poles, {\cf2\super [422]} and idols that were carved and idols that were made from molds from Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:4

The people broke down the altars for the Baal gods. They did this in front of Josiah. Then Josiah cut down the incense {\cf2\super [423]} altars that stood high above the people. He broke the idols that were carved and the idols that were made from molds. He beat those idols into powder. Then Josiah sprinkled the powder on the graves of the people that had offered sacrifices {\cf2\super [424]} to the Baal gods.

2 Chronicles 34:7

Josiah broke down the altars and the Asherah Poles. He beat the idols into powder. He cut down all the incense altars used for Baal worship in all the country of Israel. Then Josiah went back to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 36:7

But maybe you will say, “We are trusting in the Lord our God to help us.” But I know that Hezekiah destroyed the altars {\cf2\super [337]} and high places {\cf2\super [338]} where people worshiped the Lord. And Hezekiah told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship only at this one altar here in Jerusalem.”

John 18:1

When Jesus finished praying, he left with his followers. They went across the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden \{of olive trees\}. Jesus and his followers went there.