King James Version

2 Chronicles 14:3

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

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In the Hebrew text this line is 2 Chronicles 14:2.

וַיָּ֛סַרvayasarand turnסוּרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and turn”, the next action in the storyH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מִזְבְּח֥וֹתmizbechotaltarמִזְבֵּחַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “altar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4196an altaraltar.הַנֵּכָ֖רhanekharthe alienנֵכָרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the alien”, the ordinary formH5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendomalien, strange ([phrase] -er).וְהַבָּמ֑וֹתvehabamotand the heightבָּמָהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the height”, the ordinary formH1116an elevationheight, high place, wave.וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙vayshaberand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and break”, the next action in the storyH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹתhamatsevotthe garrisonמַצֵּבָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the garrison”, the ordinary formH4676something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idolgarrison, (standing) image, pillar.וַיְגַדַּ֖עvaygadaand cutגָּדַעconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cut”, the next action in the storyH1438to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anythingcut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאֲשֵׁרִֽיםhaasherimthe grove. Compare H6253אֲשֵׁרָהdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the grove. Compare H6253”H842Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the samegrove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(14-2) for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;

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American Standard Version (1901)

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

Young’s Literal Translation

and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

World English Bible

for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles,

Darby Translation

and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

Douay-Rheims

And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(14-2) for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he removed the altars of the strange gods , and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέστησε τὰ θυσιαστήρια τῶν ἀλλοτρίων καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ, καὶ συνέτριψε τὰς στήλας, καὶ ἐξέκοψε τὰ ἄλση,