2 Kings 23:14

23:14 He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines ¹  with human bones.

2 Kings 11:18

11:18 All the people of the land went and demolished ²  the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols ³  to bits. ⁴  They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest ⁵  then placed guards at the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 18:4

18:4 He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. ⁶  He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time ⁷  the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. ⁸ 

2 Kings 25:13

25:13 The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the Lord’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the “The Sea.” ⁹  They took the bronze to Babylon.

¹ tn Heb “their places.”

² tn Or “tore down.”

³ tn Or “images.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew construction translated “smashed…to bits” is emphatic. The adverbial infinitive absolute (הֵיטֵב [hetev], “well”) accompanying the Piel form of the verb שָׁבַר (shavar), “break,” suggests thorough demolition.

⁵ tn Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.

³ tn The term is singular in the MT but plural in the LXX and other ancient versions. It is also possible to regard the singular as a collective singular, especially in the context of other plural items.

⁴ tn Heb “until those days.”

⁵ tn In Hebrew the name sounds like the phrase נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת (nÿkhash hannÿkhoshet), “bronze serpent.”

⁴ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.