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2 Chronicles 14:2

New American Bible - revised edition

He removed the illicit altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the asherahs.

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Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord like David his father,

banishing the pagan priests from the land and removing all the idols his ancestors had made.

The high places did not disappear; yet Asa’s heart was entirely with the Lord as long as he lived.

Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord, his God.

He told Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to observe the law and the commandment.

He also deposed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene object for Asherah; Asa cut down this object, smashed it, and burnt it in the Wadi Kidron.

Thus he was encouraged to follow the Lord’s ways, and once again he removed the high places and the asherahs from Judah.

He walked in the way of Asa his father unceasingly, doing what was right in the Lord’s sight.

A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet with this message: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: Because you have not walked in the way of your father Jehoshaphat, nor of Asa, king of Judah,

After all this was over, those Israelites who had been present went forth to the cities of Judah and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the asherahs, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they were all destroyed. Then the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.

Hezekiah did this in all Judah. He did what was good, upright, and faithful before the Lord, his God.

he tore down the altars and asherahs, and the carved images he beat into dust, and broke down the incense stands throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. The Temple Restored.

Therefore, you shall not bow down to their gods and serve them, nor shall you act as they do; rather, you must demolish them and smash their sacred stones.

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their asherahs, and chop down the idols of their gods, that you may destroy the very name of them from that place.




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