2 Chronicles 14:3

3 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.^[a]

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2 Chronicles 14:3 in Other Translations

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:

English Standard Version (ESV)

3 He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim

New Living Translation (NLT)

3 He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.

The Message Bible (MSG)

3 He cleaned house: got rid of the pagan altars and shrines, smashed the sacred stone pillars, and chopped down the sex-and-religion groves (Asherim).

American Standard Version (ASV)

3 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

3 He got rid of the altars of foreign gods, broke down the sacred stones, and cut down the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

3 He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

3 He removed the altars where strange gods were worshiped. He took away the high places. He smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles that were used to worship the goddess Asherah.

2 Chronicles 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:3

For he took away the altars of the strange gods
Or of a strange people, of the Zidonians, Ammonites, and Moabites, which had remained from the times of Solomon, and which he built for his wives, ( 1 Kings 11:7 1 Kings 11:8 )

and the high places;
built for idols; for as for those on which the true God was worshipped, they were not removed in his days, ( 1 Kings 15:14 )

and brake down the images:
or statues, or pillars, erected to the honour of idols, and on which the images of them were placed:

and cut down the groves;
in the midst of which they stood.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Chronicles 14:3 In-Context

1 And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years.

2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

3 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.

4 He commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.

5 He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.

Cross References 3

1. S Judges 2:2
2. S Exodus 23:24
3. S Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; 1 Kings 15:12-14

Footnotes 1

[a]. That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Chronicles