2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.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)
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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