2 Kings 23:15

Easy To Read Version

Josiah also broke down the altar and high place [296] at Bethel. Jeroboam son of Nebat had made this altar. Jeroboam caused Israel to sin. [297] Josiah broke down both that altar and the high place. Josiah broke the stones of the altar to pieces. Then he beat it into dust. And he burned the Asherah pole.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

So the king asked his advisers what he should do. {They gave him their advice.} So Jeroboam made two golden calves. King Jeroboam said to the people, “You should not go to Jerusalem to worship. Israel, these are the gods that brought you out of Egypt.” [155]

1 Kings 13:1

The Lord commanded a man of God [160] from Judah to go to the city of Bethel. King Jeroboam was standing at the altar offering incense when the man of God arrived.

1 Kings 13:2

The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. He said,

1 Kings 14:16

Jeroboam sinned. And then Jeroboam made the people of Israel sin. So the Lord will let the people of Israel be defeated.”

1 Kings 15:30

This happened because King Jeroboam had done many sins. And Jeroboam had caused the people of Israel to do many sins. Jeroboam made the Lord, the God of Israel, very angry.

1 Kings 21:22

Your family will be the same as the family of King Jeroboam son of Nebat. And your family will become like the family of King Baasha. Both of these families were completely destroyed. I will do this to you because you have made me angry. You have caused the people of Israel to sin.’

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu was not careful to live in the law of the Lord with all his heart. Jehu did not stop doing the sins of Jeroboam that caused Israel to sin.

2 Kings 23:4

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the other priests, and the gatekeepers, to bring out of the Lord’s temple [277] all the dishes and things that were made to honor Baal, [278] Asherah, [279] and the stars of heaven. Then Josiah burned those things outside Jerusalem in the fields in Kidron Valley. Then they carried the ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:6

Josiah removed the Asherah Pole [283] from the Lord’s temple. [284] He took the Asherah pole outside the city to the Kidron Valley and burned it there. Then he beat the burnt pieces into dust and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people. [285]

2 Kings 3:3

But he continued to do the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat. Jeroboam caused the Israelites to sin. Jehoram did not stop the sins of Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 34:6

Josiah did the same for the towns in the areas of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and all the way to Naphtali. He did the same for the ruins near all those towns. {\cf2\super [425]}

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.

Amos 3:14

Israel sinned, and I will punish them for their sins. I will also destroy the altars {\cf2\super [45]} at Bethel. {\cf2\super [46]} The horns of the altar {\cf2\super [47]} will be cut off and fall to the ground.

1 Samuel 7:3

Samuel told the people of Israel, “If you are really coming back to the Lord—with all your heart—then you must throw away your foreign gods. You must throw away your idols of Ashtoreth. [83] And you must give yourselves fully to the Lord. You must serve only the Lord! Then the Lord will save you from the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 7:4

So the Israelites threw away their statues of Baal [84] and Ashtoreth. [85] The Israelites served only the Lord.