Verse 4

He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and smashed the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been burning incense to it, calling it Nehushtan.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste steinene og hogget ned Asjera-pålen, et symbol på avgudsdyrkelse. Han knuste også kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for frem til den tid hadde israelittene brent røkelse til den, og den ble kalt Nehustan.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste billedstøttene, hogg ned Asjerapelen og knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget. For inntil de dagene hadde Israels barn brent røkelse til den, og den ble kalt Nehusjtan.

  • Norsk King James

    Og han fjernet høydene, knuste bildene, kuttet ned lundene, og ødela bronseslangen som Moses hadde laget; for inntil den tid hadde Israels barn brent røkelse for den. Han kalte den Nehushtan.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste steinstøttene, hogg ned Asjera-pålen og knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, fordi Israels barn hadde brent røkelse til den frem til den dag; det ble kalt Nehusjtan.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, slo i stykker steinstøttene, hogde ned Asjera-pålen og knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for til den tid hadde Israels barn brent røkelse for den. Den ble kalt Nehusjtan.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste de hellige steinene, hogde ned Asjera-stolpene, og slo i stykker den kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for til den tid hadde Israels barn brent røkelse til den, og den ble kalt Nehushtan.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Han rev ned de hedenske tilbedelsesstedene, ødela avgudsbilder, fjernet lundene og knuste den bronseslangen som Moses hadde laget, for inntil da hadde Israels barn ofret ved den. Han kalte den Nehushtan.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste de hellige steinene, hogde ned Asjera-stolpene, og slo i stykker den kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for til den tid hadde Israels barn brent røkelse til den, og den ble kalt Nehushtan.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, brøt ned steinstøttene, hogde ned Asjera-pælen og knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget. For helt til da hadde israelittene brent røkelse til den, og den ble kalt Nehusjtan.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste stenstøttene, hugget ned Asjera-stolpene og knuste den kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget; for inntil da hadde Israels barn brent røkelse til den. De kalte den Nehusjtan.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han, han borttog Høiene og sønderbrød Støtterne og udryddede Lunden, og sønderknuste den Kobberslange, som Mose havde gjort, fordi Israels Børn gjorde den Røgelse indtil denne Dag, og man kaldte den Nechuschthan.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste de hellige steinene og hogg ned Asjera-pålene. Han knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for frem til de dager brente Israels barn røkelse til den, og de kalte den Nehusjtan.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, brøt ned steinstøttene, hogg bort Asjera-pælen og knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for inntil da hadde Israels barn brent røkelse til den. Og han kalte den Nehusjtan.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, slo i stykker de hellige steinene, hogg ned Asjera-stolpen og knuste kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for inntil den tid hadde Israels barn brent røkelse til den. Den kalte han Nehusjtan.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, knuste steinstøttene og hogg ned Asjera. Han knuste også den kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, for inntil da hadde israelittene brent røkelse til den; den ble kalt Nehusjtan.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Han fjernet offerhaugene, slo søylemonumentene i stykker og hogg ned Asjera. Kobberslangen som Moses hadde laget, knuste han til pulver etter hans befaling, for i de dager brente Israels barn offer til den, og de kalte den Nehusjtan.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He put awaye the hye places, and brake downe the pilers, & roted out the groues, and brake the brasen serpente which Moses had made. For vnto that tyme had the children of Israel brent incese vnto it. And it was called Nehusthan.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He tooke away the hie places, and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israel did burne incense to it, and hee called it Nehushtan.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He put away the high places, & brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and all to brake the brasen serpent that Moyses had made: For vnto those dayes the children of Israel dyd burne sacrifice to it: and he called it Nehustan.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    he hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it `a piece of brass.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 When all this had been completed, all the Israelites who were present went out to the towns of Judah and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished the high places and the altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them completely. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, each to their own property.
  • Num 21:8-9 : 8 The LORD said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will live.' 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole, and if a serpent bit someone, they looked at the bronze serpent and lived.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
  • 2 Kgs 23:4 : 4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second rank, and the gatekeepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and scattered their ashes on the graves of the people.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart to seek God.
  • Exod 23:24 : 24 Do not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their practices. Instead, you must demolish them completely and shatter their sacred pillars.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.
  • 2 Chr 33:3 : 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, set up altars to the Baals, made Asherah poles, and worshipped all the stars of the sky and served them.
  • Ps 78:58 : 58 They angered Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.
  • Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there, provoked me with their offerings, placed their pleasing aromas, and poured out their drink offerings there. 29 I said to them: What is this high place to which you go? (It is called 'High Place' to this day.)
  • John 3:14-15 : 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • Deut 7:5 : 5 Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.
  • Deut 12:2-3 : 2 Completely destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing worshiped their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. 3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down their carved idols, and obliterate the names of their gods from those places.
  • Judg 6:25 : 25 That same night the Lord said to him, 'Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.'
  • Judg 6:28 : 28 When the men of the city got up early in the morning, they saw that the altar of Baal had been torn down, the Asherah pole was cut down, and the second bull offered on the newly built altar.
  • 1 Kgs 3:2-3 : 2 However, the people were still sacrificing on the high places because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD. 3 Solomon loved the LORD, walking according to the statutes of his father David, yet he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
  • 1 Kgs 15:12-14 : 12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 He also removed his mother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a repulsive image for Asherah. Asa cut down her idol and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14 The high places were not removed, yet Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
  • 1 Kgs 22:43 : 43 Jehoshaphat followed in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them and did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 12:3 : 3 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
  • 2 Kgs 14:4 : 4 However, the high places were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
  • 2 Kgs 15:4 : 4 However, the high places were not removed; the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense there.
  • 2 Kgs 15:35 : 35 However, the high places were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham built the upper gate of the temple of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, 'On the large altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, the burnt offerings of all the people of the land, their grain offerings, and their drink offerings. Then, you shall sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offerings and the blood of the sacrifices. But the bronze altar will be for my personal use for inquiry.'