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They aroseוַיָּקֻמוּand removedוַיָּסִירוּthe altarsאֶת הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרwere in Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִָםand allוְאֵת כָּלthe incense altarsהַמְקַטְּרוֹתthey removedהֵסִירוּand threw themוַיַּשְׁלִיכוּinto the brookלְנַחַלKidron.קִדְרוֹן
2 Chronicles 30:14
Study it in the app“They arose and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the incense altars they removed and threw them into the brook Kidron.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 30:14, word by word
- They aroseיָּקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and removedיָּסִירוּyasiru
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “yasiru” appears- the altarsמִּזְבְּחוֹתmizbchot
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appears- were in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- the incense altarsמְקַטְּרוֹתmekatrot
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “mekatrot” appears- and threw themיַּשְׁלִיכוּyashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appears- into the brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Kidronקִדְרוֹןkidron
Kidron
See it on the mapWhere else “kidron” appears
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Kidron
Today: Kidron Valley (Wadi en-Nar), Jerusalem
The valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, east of the city.
David crossed it as he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 15:23). Good kings burned idolatrous objects there (2 Kgs 23:4).
The context
13Many people gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
14 · This verse (above)
15They slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings to the house of YHWH.