2. Könige 18:4
Er tat die Höhen ab und zerbrach die Säulen und hieb die Ascheren um und zerstieß die eherne Schlange, welche Mose gemacht hatte; denn bis zu dieser Zeit hatten die Kinder Israel ihr geräuchert, und man hieß sie Nechuschtan.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נְחֻשְׁתָּןNᵉchushtânsomething made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert
- כָּתַתkâthathto bruise or violently strike
- מַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâhsomething stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
- נָחָשׁnâchâsha snake (from its hiss)
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- בָּמָהbâmâhan elevation
- נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as c
- קָטַרqâṭarto smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
+9 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The dismantled horned altar of BeershebaConfirmed by the groundA monumental sacrificial altar at a Judahite provincial centre was deliberately dismantled and its stones reused, in the eighth century.
Cross-references
2Ch 31:1, Num 21:8–9, 2Ki 18:22, Deu 7:5, 1Ki 15:12–14, 1Ki 3:2–3, 1Ki 22:43, Jdg 6:25