Study it in the app“In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, he began to seek the Elohim of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherahs, the carved images, and the molten images.”
In the eighthוּבִשְׁמוֹנֶהyearשָׁנִיםof his reign,לְמָלְכוֹwhile heוְהוּאwas stillעוֹדֶנּוּa youth,נַעַרhe beganהֵחֵלto seekלִדְרוֹשׁthe Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיof Davidדָּוִידhis father;אָבִיוand in the twelfthוּבִשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהyearשָׁנָהhe beganהֵחֵלto cleanseלְטַהֵרJudahאֶת יְהוּדָהand Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַםfromמִןthe high places,הַבָּמוֹתthe Asherahs,וְהָאֲשֵׁרִיםthe carved images,וְהַפְּסִלִיםand the molten images.וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malch” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appearsconsult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avi” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearscleanse
To cleanse from sin.
Where else “taher” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appearsAsherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “asherim” appearscarved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “pesilim” appearscast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masechot” appearsJerusalem
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).
2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, and walked in the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
3 · This verse (above)
4They tore down before him the altars of the Baals, and the incense altars that were high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs, the carved images, and the molten images he broke and ground to dust, and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
