Parallel Verses English Standard Version 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 and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. King James Bible And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. American Standard Version And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people. Douay-Rheims Bible And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the valley of Cedron, and he burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people. English Revised Version And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the common people. Webster's Bible Translation And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder of it upon the graves of the children of the people. 2 Kings 23:6 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentTo gather to his fathers means merely to let him die, and is generally applied to a peaceful death upon a sick-bed, like the synonymous phrase, to lie with one's fathers; but it is also applied to a violent death by being slain in battle (1 Kings 22:40 and 1 Kings 22:34), so that there is no difficulty in reconciling this comforting assurance with the slaying of Josiah in battle (2 Kings 23:29). בּשׁלום, in peace, i.e., without living to witness the devastation of Jerusalem, as is evident from the words, "thine eyes will not see," etc. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the grove. Or rather, Asherah, or Astarte. and burned. the graves. the children. Probably the common people. Cross References John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 1 Kings 2:37 For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head." 2 Kings 21:7 And the carved image of Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. 2 Kings 23:12 And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, he pulled down and broke in pieces and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 2 Kings 23:15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned, reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah. 2 Chronicles 33:3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 2 Chronicles 34:4 And they chopped down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he cut down the incense altars that stood above them. And he broke in pieces the Asherim and the carved and the metal images, and he made dust of them and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. Jump to Previous Asherah Beat Brook Burned Cast Children Common Dust Graves Ground Grove House Jerusalem Kidron Outside Pole Powder Scattered Small Stamped Thereof Threw ValleyJump to Next Asherah Beat Brook Burned Cast Children Common Dust Graves Ground Grove House Jerusalem Kidron Outside Pole Powder Scattered Small Stamped Thereof Threw ValleyLinks 2 Kings 23:6 NIV2 Kings 23:6 NLT 2 Kings 23:6 ESV 2 Kings 23:6 NASB 2 Kings 23:6 KJV 2 Kings 23:6 Bible Apps 2 Kings 23:6 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 23:6 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 23:6 French Bible 2 Kings 23:6 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |