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


In Context

11 And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that is in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.

12 And the altars that are on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.

13 And the high places that are on the front of Jerusalem, that are on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.

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

15 and also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place — he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.

16 And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that are there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth them on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place 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 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.