2 Chronicles 33:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.”

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BSBPD

“He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he turneth aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and casteth <FI>them<Fi> to the outside of the city.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 33:15 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 21:7Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
  4. Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
  5. Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
  6. Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
  7. Matthew 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
  8. Matthew 25:16The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

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