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2 Chronicles 33:15
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
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Study note
Setting — King Manasseh acts in Jerusalem after his repentance to dismantle the pagan worship infrastructure he previously constructed.
The words — וַיָּסַר (wa-yāsar) literally means "and he removed," and הַנֵּכָר (ha-nēḵār) denotes "foreignness" or "foreign gods."
The thread — This physical clearance reverses his earlier construction of Baal altars in 2 Chronicles 33:3 and his placement of a carved Asherah pole in the temple per 2 Kings 21:7.
Why it lands — The text records the literal disposal of idolatrous objects outside the city walls before any altar restoration or public worship commands follow.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 For 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.
- 2 Kings 21:7 Manasseh 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.
- Isaiah 2:17 So 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,
- Ezekiel 18:20 The 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.
- Hosea 14:1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Matthew 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.