Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHe 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. Young's Literal Translation And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem. King James Bible And 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. Hebrew He tore downוַיְנַתֵּ֣ץ (way·nat·têṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down the altars הַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹת (ham·miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4196: An altar and Asherah poles, הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤ים (hā·’ă·šê·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same crushed כִּתַּ֣ת (kit·taṯ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3807: To bruise, violently strike the idols וְהַפְּסִלִים֙ (wə·hap·pə·si·lîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6456: An idol, image to powder, לְהֵדַ֔ק (lə·hê·ḏaq) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 1854: To crush, pulverize, thresh and cut to pieces גִּדַּ֖ע (gid·da‘) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1438: To fell a, tree, to destroy anything all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the incense altars הַֽחַמָּנִ֥ים (ha·ḥam·mā·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2553: A sun-pillar throughout בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the land אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Then he returned וַיָּ֖שָׁב (way·yā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Jerusalem. לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (lî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel |
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