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2 Chron. 34:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the σimages, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of thema, and strowed it upon the βgraves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

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or, sun images,

2 Chron. 14:5• ⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. (2 Chron. 14:5)

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2 Kings 23:4• ⁴And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. (2 Kings 23:4)

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face of the graves.

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brake down.

2 Chron. 33:3• ³For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. (2 Chron. 33:3)

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Ex. 23:24• ²⁴Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. (Ex. 23:24)

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Lev. 26:30• ³⁰And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. (Lev. 26:30)

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Deut. 7:5,25• ⁵But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
²⁵The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. (Deut. 7:5,25)

images.

or, sun images.

2 Chron. 14:5• ⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. (2 Chron. 14:5)

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2 Kings 23:4‑5,11• ⁴And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
⁵And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
¹¹And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. (2 Kings 23:4‑5,11)

made dust.

2 Chron. 34:7• ⁷And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 34:7)

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Ex. 32:20• ²⁰And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. (Ex. 32:20)

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Deut. 9:21• ²¹And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. (Deut. 9:21)

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2 Kings 23:12• ¹²And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. (2 Kings 23:12)

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Psa. 18:42• ⁴²Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. (Psa. 18:42)

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Isa. 27:9• ⁹By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. (Isa. 27:9)

graves.

Heb. face of the graves.

2 Kings 10:26‑27• ²⁶And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
²⁷And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. (2 Kings 10:26‑27)

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2 Kings 23:4,6• ⁴And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
⁶And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. (2 Kings 23:4,6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-pillars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and strewed it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed to them;