2 Kings 23:6

He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

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WEBBE

He brought out the Asherah from the LORD’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

BSB

He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

KJV

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

ASV

And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people.

BBE

And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest.

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וַיֹּצֵא vai·yo·tze' and he brought out H3318 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָאֲשֵׁרָה ha·'a·she·rah the Asherah pole H842 מִבֵּית mi·beit from [the] house of H1004 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 מִחוּץ mi·chutz from [the] outside H2351 לִירוּשָׁלִַם li·ru·sha·lim of Jerusalem H3389 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 נַחַל na·chal [the] wadi of H5158 קִדְרוֹן kid·ron Kidron H6939 וַיִּשְׂרֹף vai·yis·rof and he burned H8313 אֹתָהּ 'o·tah (marks the object) it H853 בְּנַחַל be·na·chal in [the] wadi of H5158 קִדְרוֹן kid·ron Kidron H6939 וַיָּדֶק vai·ya·dek and he crushed [it] H1854 לְעָפָר le·'a·far to dust H6083 וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ vai·yash·lekh and he threw H7993 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֲפָרָהּ 'a·fa·rah dust its H6083 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 קֶבֶר ke·ver [the] burial site of H6913 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] sons of H1121 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–14

What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where his dwelling-place was, such abominations should be found. Josiah had reigned eighteen years, and had himself set the people a good example, and kept up religion according to the Divine law; yet, when he came to search for idolatry, the depth and extent were very great. Both common history, and the records of God's word, teach, that all the real godliness or goodness ever found on earth, is derived from the new-creating Spirit of Jesus Christ.

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People & places

JerusalemKidron

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KidronCedron

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.