Judges 6:30

American Standard Version (1901)

Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 26:11 : 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
  • Jer 50:38 : 38 A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

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  • Judg 6:28-29
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    83%

    28And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

    29And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

  • Judg 6:31-32
    2 verses
    83%

    31And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? Or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.

    32Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.

  • Judg 6:25-26
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    77%

    25And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father's bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

    26and build an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down.

  • 2 Kgs 23:6-7
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    76%

    6And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people.

    7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

  • 2 Kgs 23:14-17
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    14And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

    15Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

    16And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in 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 which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

    17Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 10:25-28
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    25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

    26And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

    27And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

    28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 34:4-7
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    4And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves [of them] that had sacrificed unto them.

    5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

    6And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

    7And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Chr 31:1
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    1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

  • Deut 7:5
    71%

    5But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

  • 2 Kgs 11:18
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    18And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed [ officers over the house of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 24:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.

    22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.

  • 2 Chr 23:17
    71%

    17And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

  • 2 Chr 24:7
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    7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.

  • Mic 5:14
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    14and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

  • Jer 6:6
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    6For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

  • 1 Kgs 13:2-3
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    70%

    2And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee.

    3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
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    5The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
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    3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • Exod 34:13
    70%

    13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim

  • Deut 12:3
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    3and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

  • 2 Chr 28:3
    70%

    3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
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    32For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

  • 1 Kgs 18:40
    69%

    40and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  • Ezek 6:4
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    4And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

  • 2 Chr 25:23
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    23And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

  • Jer 19:6
    69%

    6therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

  • Jer 17:2
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    2whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
    69%

    4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 14:13
    69%

    13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

  • 2 Chr 33:15
    69%

    15And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

  • Jer 11:13
    69%

    13For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
    69%

    15So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there.

  • Jer 11:17
    69%

    17For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.