2 Chronicles 30:14 “They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the…”

2 Chronicles 30:14

They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

World English Bible

They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the altars for incense and threw them into the brook Kidron.

American Standard Version

And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they arose, and tooke away the altars that were in Ierusalem: and all those for incense tooke they away, and cast them into the brooke Kidron.

Darby Translation

And they rose up and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem; and they took away all the incense-altars, and cast them into the torrent Kidron.

Young's Literal Translation

And they arise and turn aside the altars that [are] in Jerusalem, and all the perfume altars they have turned aside, and cast [them] to the brook Kidron;

Bible in Basic English

And they got to work and took away all the altars in Jerusalem, and they put all the vessels for burning perfumes into the stream Kidron.

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Cross references

“altars”

2 Chronicles 28:24 2 Chronicles 34:4 2 Chronicles 34:7 2 Kings 18:22 Isaiah 2:18–20 2 Kings 23:12

2 Chronicles 28:24 · BSB

Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:4 · BSB

Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and…

2 Chronicles 34:7 · BSB

He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 18:22 · BSB

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

Isaiah 2:18–20 · BSB

and the idols will vanish completely.

2 Kings 23:12 · BSB

He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them th…

“the brook”

2 Chronicles 15:16 2 Chronicles 29:16 2 Samuel 15:23 John 18:1

2 Chronicles 15:16 · BSB

King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 29:16 · BSB

So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them…

2 Samuel 15:23 · BSB

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

John 18:1 · BSB

After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

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