2 Kings 23:4

Modern English Version

The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the implements that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. Then he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:23

The whole land wept with a loud voice as all the people passed by. Now the king was crossing over the brook Kidron, and all of the people were crossing over on the road to the wilderness.

1 Kings 12:29

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

1 Kings 15:13

In addition he even deposed his grandmother Maacah as queen, because she had made an idol in a grove. Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the Kidron brook.

1 Kings 16:31

The sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat were seen as minor for him to walk in, for he took Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, as his wife and went and served Baal and worshipped him.

1 Kings 18:19

Now send word out and gather for me all Israel on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

1 Kings 18:26

They took the bull which was given to them, and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us.” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

1 Kings 18:40

Elijah said to them, “Arrest the prophets of Baal, and do not let one of them escape.” And they arrested them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon brook and executed them there.

1 Kings 19:18

Still, I have preserved seven thousand men in Israel for Myself, all of whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

2 Kings 10:26

They brought out the sacred pillar from the house of Baal and burned it.

2 Kings 12:10

Whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest went up, emptied it, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 17:16

They forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God, made themselves cast images (two calves), made an Asherah pole, worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kings 21:3

He went back and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed. He erected altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.

2 Kings 21:5

He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 21:7

He put a carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

2 Kings 22:4

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and have him prepare the money that has been brought to the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people.

2 Kings 23:12

The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord the king tore down and banished from there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 23:15

Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and he burned the Asherah.

2 Kings 25:18

The captain of the bodyguard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold.

2 Chronicles 15:16

King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 33:3

And he turned again to build the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he set up altars to the Baals, and made Asherah poles, and worshipped the starry assembly of heaven and served them.

2 Chronicles 33:7

And the carved image of a statue that he made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem where I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel, there I have set My name perpetually.

Isaiah 27:9

Through this, therefore, the iniquity of Jacob shall be forgiven, and this will be the full price of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are pulverized, when the groves and incense altars shall not stand.

Jeremiah 52:24

The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three officers of the temple.

Jeremiah 7:9

Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

Ezekiel 8:6

He said furthermore to me, “Son of man, do you see what they do, even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, so that I should go far off from My sanctuary? But yet you shall see still greater abominations.”

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah offend. Do not come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel and transgress, to Gilgal and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning and your tithes every three days.

Zephaniah 1:4

I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal, and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Matthew 27:1

When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

John 18:1

When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was a garden which He and His disciples entered.

Judges 2:13

They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.