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2 Kings 23:14

2 Kings 23:14 (King James Version, KJV)

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.


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NLT, 2 Kings 23:14

He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. Then he desecrated these places by scattering human bones over them.

NCV, 2 Kings 23:14

Josiah smashed to pieces the stone pillars they worshiped, and he cut down the Asherah idols. Then he covered the places with human bones.

NAS, 2 Kings 23:14

He also smashed to pieces the memorial stones and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with human bones.

NKJ, 2 Kings 23:14

And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

FBV, 2 Kings 23:14

He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the places with human bones.

NIV, 2 Kings 23:14

Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.

LSV, 2 Kings 23:14

And he has broken the standing-pillars in pieces, and cuts down the Asherim, and fills their place with bones of men;

ASV, 2 Kings 23:14

And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

WEB, 2 Kings 23:14

He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.

YLT, 2 Kings 23:14

And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;

AMP, 2 Kings 23:14

He broke in pieces the sacred pillars (cultic memorial stones, images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with human bones [to desecrate the places forever].

AMP, 2 Kings 23:14

He broke in pieces the pillars (images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with the bones of men [to defile the places forever].

GNV, 2 Kings 23:14

And he brake the images in pieces, and cut downe the groues and filled their places with the bones of men.

GW, 2 Kings 23:14

Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.

CSB, 2 Kings 23:14

He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.

ERV, 2 Kings 23:14

He broke all the memorial stones and Asherah poles. Then he scattered dead men’s bones over that place.

EAS, 2 Kings 23:14

Josiah broke the stone pillars that people worshipped into small pieces. He cut down the Asherah poles. He covered the ground where they had been with human bones.

KJV, 2 Kings 23:14

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.