2 Chronicles 14:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֛סַר אֶת־מִזְבְּח֥וֹת הַנֵּכָ֖ר וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת וַיְגַדַּ֖ע אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים

Transliteration

wə-yāsar ʾet-mizbəḥôt ha-nēkār wə-ha-bāmôt wə-yəšabbēr ʾet-ha-maṣṣēbôt wə-yəgaddaʿ ʾet-hā-ʾăšērîm

Grammar Details

*wə-yāsar*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3ms - and he removed/took away
*ʾet-mizbəḥôt*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - the altars of
*ha-nēkār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the foreign/strange
*wə-ha-bāmôt*: conjunction + definite article + noun, feminine plural - and the high places
*wə-yəšabbēr*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3ms - and he broke/shattered
*ʾet-ha-maṣṣēbôt*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine plural - the pillars/sacred stones
*wə-yəgaddaʿ*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3ms - and he cut down/chopped down
*ʾet-hā-ʾăšērîm*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine plural - the Asherim/sacred poles

Word Meanings

*nēkār*: foreign/strange/alien
*bāmôt*: high places/elevated cultic sites
*maṣṣēbôt*: standing stones/pillars/sacred stones
*ʾăšērîm*: sacred poles/wooden images associated with goddess Asherah

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 15:11 : 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.
1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
2 Chr 31:20 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.
Luke 1:75 : 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 15:11-12
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11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.
12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Chr 20:32
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32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Kgs 18:3
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Chr 29:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
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 Kgs 14:3
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
2 Kgs 15:3
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
1 Kgs 15:14-16
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14But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
15And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
2 Chr 15:17-18
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17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
2 Chr 26:4
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4And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
2 Chr 34:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chr 14:1
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1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
1 Kgs 22:43
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43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Chr 31:20-21
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20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.
21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
2 Kgs 22:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chr 24:2
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2And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Kgs 15:34
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34And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2 Kgs 12:2
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2And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
1 Kgs 15:23-24
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23Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 16:9-13
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9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
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11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians.
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
2 Chr 15:8-9
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8And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
1 Kgs 15:8-9
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8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Chr 27:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Chr 25:2
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2 Chr 14:12
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12So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chr 15:2
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2and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chr 17:2-4
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2And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,
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Deut 6:18
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18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,
2 Chr 28:1
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1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father;
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2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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2 Chr 19:3
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2 Kgs 21:2
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2 Kgs 16:2
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