Verse 4

He removed{H5493}{(H8689)} the high places{H1116}, and brake{H7665}{(H8765)} the images{H4676}, and cut down{H3772}{(H8804)} the groves{H842}, and brake in pieces{H3807}{(H8765)} the brasen{H5178} serpent{H5175} that Moses{H4872} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}: for unto those days{H3117} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did burn incense{H6999}{(H8764)} to it: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} it Nehushtan{H5180}.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 Now when all this was finished{H3615}{(H8763)}, all Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672}{(H8737)} went out{H3318}{(H8804)} to the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and brake{H7665} the images{H4676} in pieces{H7665}{(H8762)}, and cut down{H1438}{(H8762)} the groves{H842}, and threw down{H5422}{(H8762)} the high places{H1116} and the altars{H4196} out of all Judah{H3063} and Benjamin{H1144}, in Ephraim{H669} also and Manasseh{H4519}, until they had utterly destroyed{H3615}{(H8763)} them all. Then all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, every man{H376} to his possession{H272}, into their own cities{H5892}.
  • Num 21:8-9 : 8 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Moses{H4872}, Make{H6213}{(H8798)} thee a fiery serpent{H8314}, and set{H7760}{(H8798)} it upon a pole{H5251}: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten{H5391}{(H8803)}, when he looketh{H7200}{(H8804)} upon it, shall live{H2425}{(H8804)}. 9 And Moses{H4872} made{H6213}{(H8799)} a serpent{H5175} of brass{H5178}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} it upon a pole{H5251}, and it came to pass, that if a serpent{H5175} had bitten{H5391}{(H8804)} any man{H376}, when he beheld{H5027}{(H8689)} the serpent{H5175} of brass{H5178}, he lived{H2425}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if ye say{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, We trust{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and hath said{H559}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem{H3389}?
  • 2 Kgs 23:4 : 4 And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} Hilkiah{H2518} the high{H1419} priest{H3548}, and the priests{H3548} of the second order{H4932}, and the keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of the door{H5592}, to bring forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} all the vessels{H3627} that were made{H6213}{(H8803)} for Baal{H1168}, and for the grove{H842}, and for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}: and he burned{H8313}{(H8799)} them without{H2351} Jerusalem{H3389} in the fields{H7709} of Kidron{H6939}, and carried{H5375}{(H8804)} the ashes{H6083} of them unto Bethel{H1008}.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless{H61} there are good{H2896} things{H1697} found{H4672}{(H8738)} in thee, in that thou hast taken away{H1197}{(H8765)} the groves{H842} out of the land{H776}, and hast prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} thine heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} God{H430}.
  • Exod 23:24 : 24 Thou shalt not bow down{H7812}{(H8691)} to their gods{H430}, nor serve{H5647}{(H8714)} them, nor do{H6213}{(H8799)} after their works{H4639}: but thou shalt utterly{H2040}{(H8763)} overthrow{H2040}{(H8762)} them, and quite{H7665}{(H8763)} break down{H7665}{(H8762)} their images{H4676}.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} your high places{H1116}, and cut down{H3772}{(H8689)} your images{H2553}, and cast{H5414}{(H8804)} your carcases{H6297} upon the carcases{H6297} of your idols{H1544}, and my soul{H5315} shall abhor{H1602}{(H8804)} you.
  • 2 Chr 33:3 : 3 For he built{H1129}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H3169} his father{H1} had broken down{H5422}{(H8765)}, and he reared up{H6965}{(H8686)} altars{H4196} for Baalim{H1168}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} groves{H842}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them.
  • Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger{H3707}{H8686)} with their high places{H1116}, and moved him to jealousy{H7065}{H8686)} with their graven images{H6456}.
  • Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 For when I had brought{H935}{(H8686)} them into the land{H776}, for the which I lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} mine hand{H3027} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} it to them, then they saw{H7200}{(H8799)} every high{H7311}{(H8802)} hill{H1389}, and all the thick{H5687} trees{H6086}, and they offered{H2076}{(H8799)} there their sacrifices{H2077}, and there they presented{H5414}{(H8799)} the provocation{H3708} of their offering{H7133}: there also they made{H7760}{(H8799)} their sweet{H5207} savour{H7381}, and poured out{H5258}{(H8686)} there their drink offerings{H5262}. 29 Then I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, What is the high place{H1116} whereunto ye go{H935}{(H8802)}? And the name{H8034} thereof is called{H7121}{(H8735)} Bamah{H1117} unto this day{H3117}.
  • John 3:14-15 : 14 And{G2532} as{G2531} Moses{G3475} lifted up{G5312}{(G5656)} the serpent{G3789} in{G1722} the wilderness{G2048}, even so{G3779} must{G1163}{(G5748)} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} be lifted up{G5312}{(G5683)}: 15 That{G3363} whosoever{G3956} believeth{G4100}{(G5723)} in{G1519} him{G846} should{G622} not{G3363} perish{G622}{(G5643)}, but{G235} have{G2192}{(G5725)} eternal{G166} life{G2222}.
  • Deut 7:5 : 5 But thus shall ye deal{H6213}{(H8799)} with them; ye shall destroy{H5422}{(H8799)} their altars{H4196}, and break down{H7665}{(H8762)} their images{H4676}, and cut down{H1438}{(H8762)} their groves{H842}, and burn{H8313}{(H8799)} their graven images{H6456} with fire{H784}.
  • Deut 12:2-3 : 2 Ye shall utterly{H6}{(H8763)} destroy{H6}{(H8762)} all the places{H4725}, wherein the nations{H1471} which{H834} ye shall possess{H3423}{(H8802)} served{H5647}{(H8804)} their gods{H430}, upon the high{H7311}{(H8802)} mountains{H2022}, and upon the hills{H1389}, and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}: 3 And ye shall overthrow{H5422}{(H8765)} their altars{H4196}, and break{H7665}{(H8765)} their pillars{H4676}, and burn{H8313}{(H8799)} their groves{H842} with fire{H784}; and ye shall hew down{H1438}{(H8762)} the graven images{H6456} of their gods{H430}, and destroy{H6}{(H8765)} the names{H8034} of them out of that place{H4725}.
  • Judg 6:25 : 25 And it came to pass the same night{H3915}, that the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Take{H3947}{(H8798)} thy father's{H1} young{H6499} bullock{H7794}, even the second{H8145} bullock{H6499} of seven{H7651} years old{H8141}, and throw down{H2040}{(H8804)} the altar{H4196} of Baal{H1168} that thy father{H1} hath, and cut down{H3772}{(H8799)} the grove{H842} that is by it:
  • Judg 6:28 : 28 And when the men{H582} of the city{H5892} arose early{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, behold, the altar{H4196} of Baal{H1168} was cast down{H5422}{(H8795)}, and the grove{H842} was cut down{H3772}{(H8795)} that was by it, and the second{H8145} bullock{H6499} was offered{H5927}{(H8717)} upon the altar{H4196} that was built{H1129}{(H8803)}.
  • 1 Kgs 3:2-3 : 2 Only the people{H5971} sacrificed{H2076}{(H8764)} in high places{H1116}, because there was no house{H1004} built{H1129}{(H8738)} unto the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, until those days{H3117}. 3 And Solomon{H8010} loved{H157}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, walking{H3212}{(H8800)} in the statutes{H2708} of David{H1732} his father{H1}: only he sacrificed{H2076}{(H8764)} and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8688)} in high places{H1116}.
  • 1 Kgs 15:12-14 : 12 And he took away{H5674}{(H8686)} the sodomites{H6945} out of the land{H776}, and removed{H5493}{(H8686)} all the idols{H1544} that his fathers{H1} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}. 13 And also Maachah{H4601} his mother{H517}, even her he removed{H5493}{(H8686)} from being queen{H1377}, because she had made{H6213}{(H8804)} an idol{H4656} in a grove{H842}; and Asa{H609} destroyed{H3772}{(H8799)} her idol{H4656}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} it by the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}. 14 But the high places{H1116} were not removed{H5493}{(H8804)}: nevertheless Asa's{H609} heart{H3824} was perfect{H8003} with the LORD{H3068} all his days{H3117}.
  • 1 Kgs 22:43 : 43 And he walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in all the ways{H1870} of Asa{H609} his father{H1}; he turned not aside{H5493}{(H8804)} from it, doing{H6213}{(H8800)} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}: nevertheless the high places{H1116} were not taken away{H5493}{(H8804)}; for the people{H5971} offered{H2076}{(H8764)} and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8764)} yet in the high places{H1116}.
  • 2 Kgs 12:3 : 3 But the high places{H1116} were not taken away{H5493}{(H8804)}: the people{H5971} still sacrificed{H2076}{(H8764)} and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8764)} in the high places{H1116}.
  • 2 Kgs 14:4 : 4 Howbeit the high places{H1116} were not taken away{H5493}{(H8804)}: as yet{H5750} the people{H5971} did sacrifice{H2076}{(H8764)} and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8764)} on the high places{H1116}.
  • 2 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Save that the high places{H1116} were not removed{H5493}{(H8804)}: the people{H5971} sacrificed{H2076}{(H8764)} and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8764)} still on the high places{H1116}.
  • 2 Kgs 15:35 : 35 Howbeit the high places{H1116} were not removed{H5493}{(H8804)}: the people{H5971} sacrificed{H2076}{(H8764)} and burned incense{H6999}{(H8764)} still in the high places{H1116}. He built{H1129}{(H8804)} the higher{H5945} gate{H8179} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 And king{H4428} Ahaz{H271} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} Urijah{H223} the priest{H3548}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Upon the great{H1419} altar{H4196} burn{H6999}{(H8685)} the morning{H1242} burnt offering{H5930}, and the evening{H6153} meat offering{H4503}, and the king's{H4428} burnt sacrifice{H5930}, and his meat offering{H4503}, with the burnt offering{H5930} of all the people{H5971} of the land{H776}, and their meat offering{H4503}, and their drink offerings{H5262}; and sprinkle{H2236}{(H8799)} upon it all the blood{H1818} of the burnt offering{H5930}, and all the blood{H1818} of the sacrifice{H2077}: and the brasen{H5178} altar{H4196} shall be for me to enquire{H1239}{(H8763)} by.