2 Wafalme 18:4
Akapaondoa mahali pa juu pa kuabudia, akazivunja sanamu, akakatakata nguzo za Ashera. Akavunja vipande vipande ile nyoka ya shaba Musa aliyotengeneza, kwa kuwa hadi siku hizo Waisraeli walikuwa wanaifukizia uvumba. (Ilikuwa ikiitwa Nehushtani).Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'Anefē
Ko hai
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- 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)
+lea 'e 9 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ko e me'a 'oku kei toe
- The dismantled horned altar of BeershebaFakapapau'i 'e he keliA monumental sacrificial altar at a Judahite provincial centre was deliberately dismantled and its stones reused, in the eighth century.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
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