Study it in the app“They 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.”
They tore downוַיְנַתְּצוּbefore himלְפָנָיוthe altarsאֵת מִזְבְּחוֹתof the Baals,הַבְּעָלִיםand the incense altarsוְהַחַמָּנִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwere highלְמַעְלָהabove themמֵעֲלֵיהֶםhe cut down;גִּדֵּעַand the Asherahs,וְהָאֲשֵׁרִיםthe carved images,וְהַפְּסִלִיםand the molten imagesוְהַמַּסֵּכוֹתhe brokeשִׁבַּרand ground to dust,וְהֵדַקand scattered itוַיִּזְרֹקoverעַל פְּנֵיthe gravesהַקְּבָרִיםof those who had sacrificedהַזֹּבְחִיםto them.לָהֶם
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “yenattsu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “bealim” appearsincense altar
An altar or pillar for burning incense to false gods.
Where else “chamanim” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearscut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “gidea” 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” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shibar” appearscrush fine
Crush until very fine.
Where else “hedak” appearssprinkle, dash
Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.
Where else “yizrok” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kevarim” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zovchim” appears3In 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.
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5He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
