2 Chronicles 11:10

11:10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

2 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

2 Chronicles 14:3

14:3 He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

2 Chronicles 31:8

31:8 When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.


tn Heb “the altars of the foreigner.”

sn Asherah poles. A leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon was Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרִים [’asherim], as here). They were to be burned or cut down (Deut 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).

tn Heb “they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.”