Verse 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.

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.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "2 Kings.18.4", "source": "ה֣וּא ׀ הֵסִ֣יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת וְשִׁבַּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְכָרַ֖ת אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וְכִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֗ה כִּ֣י עַד־הַיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מְקַטְּרִ֣ים ל֔וֹ וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃", "text": "*Huʾ* *hesir* *ʾet*-the *bamot* and *shibbar* *ʾet*-the *matsevot* and *karat* *ʾet*-the *ʾasherah*, and *kittat* *neḥash* the *neḥoshet* which *ʿasah* *Mosheh*, for until the *yamim* those *hayu* *bene*-*Yisraʾel* *meqattərim* to it, and *wayyiqraʾ*-to it *Neḥushtan*.", "grammar": { "*huʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he", "*hesir*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he removed", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*bamot*": "noun, feminine plural - high places/altars", "*shibbar*": "Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he broke/shattered", "*matsevot*": "noun, feminine plural - sacred pillars/standing stones", "*karat*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he cut down", "*ʾasherah*": "noun, feminine singular - sacred pole/tree/goddess Asherah", "*kittat*": "Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he crushed/broke to pieces", "*neḥash*": "noun, masculine singular construct - serpent of", "*neḥoshet*": "noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper", "*ʿasah*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he made", "*Mosheh*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*yamim*": "noun, masculine plural - days", "*hayu*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were", "*bene*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of", "*meqattərim*": "Piel participle masculine plural - burning incense/offering sacrifices", "*wayyiqraʾ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called", "*Neḥushtan*": "proper noun, masculine singular" }, "variants": { "*bamot*": "high places/shrine mounds/cult platforms", "*matsevot*": "sacred pillars/standing stones/monuments", "*ʾasherah*": "sacred wooden pole/tree/image of goddess Asherah", "*meqattərim*": "burning incense/offering sacrifices/making offerings", "*Neḥushtan*": "piece of bronze/little bronze thing (contemptuous form)" } }

  • 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.

  • 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 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
  • Num 21:8-9 : 8 And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
  • 2 Kgs 23:4 : 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in you, in that you have removed the groves out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.
  • Exod 23:24 : 24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 33:3 : 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
  • Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their carved images.
  • Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoking of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings. 29 Then I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? And its name is called Bamah to this day.
  • John 3:14-15 : 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • 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.
  • Deut 12:2-3 : 2 You shall completely destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall cut down the carved images of their gods, and obliterate their names from that place.
  • Judg 6:25 : 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:
  • Judg 6:28 : 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 3:2-3 : 2 But the people sacrificed at high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father; yet he sacrificed and burned incense at high places.
  • 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.
  • 1 Kgs 22:43 : 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 12:3 : 3 However, the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 14:4 : 4 However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 15:35 : 35 However, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 Then king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice; and the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.