Study it in the app“He brought out the Asherah from the house of YHWH, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.”
He brought outוַיֹּצֵאthe Asherahאֶת הָאֲשֵׁרָהfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהoutsideמִחוּץJerusalem,לִירוּשָׁלִַםtoאֶלthe brookנַחַלKidron,קִדְרוֹןand burned itוַיִּשְׂרֹף אֹתָהּat the brookבְּנַחַלKidron,קִדְרוֹןand ground itוַיָּדֶקto dust,לְעָפָרand threwוַיַּשְׁלֵךְits dustאֶת עֲפָרָהּon the graveעַל קֶבֶרof the sonsבְּנֵיof the people.הָעָם
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” appearsAsherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashera” 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” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsKidron
See it on the mapWhere else “kidron” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “yisrof” appearscrush fine
Crush until very fine.
Where else “yadek” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlech” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears“The sons of the people”: it can be understood as the common people, and their grave as everyone’s cemetery.
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).
5He put an end to the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and to those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens.
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7He tore down the houses of the sacred male prostitutes that were in the house of YHWH, where the women wove houses for the Asherah.
