2 Kings 23:12
The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.This verse in the real world
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- קִדְרוֹןQidrôwnKidron, a brook near Jerusalem
- עֲלִיָּהʻălîyâhsomething lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); fig
- גָּגgâga roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
- אָחָזʼÂchâzAchaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
- נָתַץnâthatsto tear down
- עָפָרʻâphârdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- רוּץrûwtsto run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
- שָׁלַךְshâlakto throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
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