Verse 3

For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han befalte Juda å søke Herren, deres fedres Gud, og følge loven og budene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han fjernet altrene til de fremmede gudene, høydene, brøt ned bildene og hogg ned Asjeraene.

• Norsk King James

  For han fjernet alterene for de fremmede gudene, de høye stedene, knuste bildene, og hogg ned Asherah-stolpene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han fjernet de fremmede altrene og høydene, knuste steinstøttene og hugget ned de hellige lundene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han befalte Juda å søke Herren, deres fedres Gud, og å følge loven og budene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han fjernet altrene til de fremmede gudene og høydene, rev ned billedstøttene og hogg ned lundene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han fjernet de fremmede guders altere og de høye stedene, nedrev bildene og hugget ned lundene.

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

  For han fjernet altrene til de fremmede gudene og høydene, rev ned billedstøttene og hogg ned lundene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han sa til Juda at de skulle søke Herren, sine fedres Gud, og holde loven og budene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey the law and the commandment.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han befalte Juda å søke Herren, sine fedres Gud, og overholde loven og budene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han borttog de Fremmedes Altere og Høiene, og sønderbrød Støtterne og afhuggede Lundene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han fjernet altrene til de fremmede gudene og de høye stedene, brøt ned bildesøylene og hogg ned lundene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han fjernet de fremmede altrene og offerhaugene, rev ned steinstøttene og hogg ned Asjera-bildene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han fjernet de fremmede altrene og offerhaugene, knuste minnesmerkene og hogg ned avgudsstøttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han fjernet de fremmede altrene og offerhaugene, brøt ned steinstøttene og hogde ned Asjera-stolpene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For han fjernet altrene til fremmede guder og de høye stedene, og han lot de oppreiste steinene bli knust og de hellige stolpene bli hogget ned.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and put awaye the straunge altares, and the hye places, and brake the pilers, and hewed downe the groues,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he tooke away the altars of the strange gods and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he toke away straunge aulters and the high places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

• World English Bible (2000)

  for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 7:5 : 5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
• Exod 34:13 : 13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images.
• 1 Kgs 15:12-14 : 12 He took away the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 Also, he removed Maachah his mother from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed; nevertheless, Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
• 2 Kgs 23:14 : 14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
• 2 Chr 15:17 : 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
• 2 Chr 34:4 : 4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 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.
• 2 Kgs 23:6 : 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.
• Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
• Deut 7:25 : 25 The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be ensnared by it: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
• Judg 6:25-28 : 25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take your father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him. And so it was, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
• 1 Kgs 11:7-8 : 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
• 1 Kgs 14:22-24 : 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also male shrine prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.