Study it in the app“The altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of YHWH, the king tore down and broke them from there, and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.”
The altarsוְאֶת הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרwere onעַלthe roofהַגָּגof the upper roomעֲלִיַּתof Ahaz,אָחָזwhichאֲשֶׁרthe kingsמַלְכֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהhad made,עָשׂוּand the altarsוְאֶת הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרManassehמְנַשֶּׁהhad madeעָשָׂהin the twoבִּשְׁתֵּיcourtsחַצְרוֹתof the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְtore downנָתַץand broke themוַיָּרָץfrom there,מִשָּׁםand threwוְהִשְׁלִיךְtheir dustאֶת עֲפָרָםintoאֶלthe brookנַחַלKidron.קִדְרוֹן
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appearsroof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appearsupper room
A room built on the roof.
Where else “aliyat” appearsAhaz
Ahaz: a name meaning "he has grasped" (short form of Jehoahaz). King of Judah, son of Jotham and father of Hezekiah (2 Kings 15:38; 16); also a descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:35).
Where else “achaz” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” 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” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsrot” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearstear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “natats” appearsGeneral meaning: Run.
Where else “yarats” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hishlich” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afara” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsKidron
See it on the mapWhere else “kidron” appears“Broke them from there”: the Hebrew form is doubtful; it can also be understood “ran from there,” that is, he removed them in haste.
Kidron
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).
11He put an end to the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of YHWH, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the Parvarim; and the chariots of the sun he burned with fire.
12 · This verse (above)
13The high places that were facing Jerusalem, which were to the right of the Mount of Destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Astarte, the detestable thing of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab, and for Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king made unclean.
