Study it in the app“he tore down the altars, and the Asherahs and the carved images he crushed to dust, and all the incense altars he cut down throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.”
he tore downוַיְנַתֵּץthe altars,אֶת הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתand the Asherahsוְאֶת הָאֲשֵׁרִיםand the carved imagesוְהַפְּסִלִיםhe crushedכִּתַּתto dust,לְהֵדַקand allוְכָלthe incense altarsהַחַמָּנִיםhe cut downגִּדַּעthroughout allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלThen he returnedוַיָּשָׁבto Jerusalem.לִירוּשָׁלִָם
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “yenatets” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” 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” appearscrush
To beat something to pieces.
Where else “kitat” appearscrush fine
Crush until very fine.
Where else “hedak” appearsincense altar
An altar or pillar for burning incense to false gods.
Where else “chamanim” appearscut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “gida” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” 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).
6And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around,
7 · This verse (above)
8In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the official of the city, and Joah son of Jehoahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of YHWH his Elohim.
