The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
2 Kings 19:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands #– #wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And have cast the gods of those peoples into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they [could destroy and] have destroyed them. American Standard Version (1901) and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. Common English Bible The Assyrians burned the gods of those nations with fire because they aren’t real gods. They are only man-made creations of wood and stone. That’s how the Assyrians could destroy them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but instead were the works of men's hands, out of wood and stone. And so they destroyed them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but the works of men's hands of wood and stone: and they destroyed them. |
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.
As my hand seized the kingdoms of worthless images, kingdoms whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.