New American Standard Bible 1995

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2 Chronicles

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They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
They tore down to pull down, break down Verb H5422 וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּ vay·nat·te·tzu
the altars an altar Noun H4196 מִזְבְּחֹ֣ות miz·be·cho·vt
of the Baals a heathen god Noun H1168 הַבְּעָלִ֔ים hab·be·'a·lim,
in his presence, face, faces Noun H6440 לְפָנָ֗יו le·fa·nav
and the incense altars a sun pillar Noun H2553 וְהַֽחַמָּנִ֛ים ve·ha·cham·ma·nim
that were high above above, upwards sub H4605 לְמַ֥עְלָה le·ma'·lah
them he chopped down; to hew, hew down or off Verb H1438 גִּדֵּ֑עַ gid·de·a';
also the Asherim, a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same Noun H842 וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִים ve·ha·'a·she·rim
the carved images an idol, image Noun H6456 וְהַפְּסִלִ֤ים ve·hap·pe·si·lim
and the molten images a libation, molten metal or image Noun H4541 וְהַמַּסֵּכֹות֙ ve·ham·mas·se·cho·vt
he broke in pieces to break, break in pieces Verb H7665 שִׁבַּ֣ר shib·bar
and ground to powder to crush, pulverize, thresh Verb H1854 וְהֵדַ֔ק ve·he·dak,
and scattered to toss or throw, scatter abundantly Verb H2236 וַיִּזְרֹק֙ vai·yiz·rok
[it] on the graves a grave, sepulcher Noun H6913 הַקְּבָרִ֔ים hak·ke·va·rim,
of those who had sacrificed to slaughter for sacrifice Verb H2076 הַזֹּבְחִ֖ים haz·zo·ve·chim
to them.      

People

Baal

Baal [N] [B] [H] [S] lord.  The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM ( Judges 2:11 ;  10:10 ;  1 Kings 18:18 ; Jeremiah 2:23 ;  Hosea 2:17 ). Baal is identified with Molech ( Jeremiah 19:5 ). It was known to the Israelites as Baal-peor ( Numbers 25:3 ; ... View Details

Baal

the name of a city in Simeon, also two Israelites

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New American Standard Bible 1995 They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
King James Bible They tore And they brake down the altars of the Baals Baalim in his presence, presence; and the incense altars images, that were on high above them them, he chopped cut down; also and the Asherim, groves, and the carved images images, and the molten images images, he broke brake in pieces pieces, and ground to powder made dust of them, and scattered strowed it on upon the graves of those who them that had sacrificed to unto them.
Hebrew Greek English They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.