14And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.


In Context

11 And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.

12 And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, removing them from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.

13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

14 And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.

16 And Josiah turned himself, and saw the sepulchres that were there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah, that the man of God had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

2 Kings 23:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:14Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.