2 Chronicles 14:3
(14-2) for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2(14-1) And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God;
Cross References
Exodus 34:13But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim.
Deuteronomy 7:5But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
Judges 6:25And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: 'Take thy father's bullock, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
1 Kings 14:22And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they moved Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did offer to it; and it was called Nehushtan.
2 Kings 23:14And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:2-9
Asa King of Judah. ( b. c. 955.) 1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away out of… Read the whole commentary →