3for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,


In Context

1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

2 Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:

3 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

4 and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

2 Chronicles 14:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For he took away the altars of the strange [gods,] and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:3He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:3And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:3for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3and he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:3for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves: