2 Chronicles 31:1

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Modern

When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.

Traditional

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

Literal

And at the completion of all this, went out all Israel who were present to the cities of Judah, and they broke in pieces the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles, and threw down the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel returned, each man to his possession, to their cities.

Latin

Cumque hæc fuissent rite celebrata, egressus est omnis Israël qui inventus fuerat in urbibus Juda, et fregerunt simulacra, succideruntque lucos, demoliti sunt excelsa, et altaria destruxerunt, non solum de universo Juda et Benjamin, sed et de Ephraim quoque et Manasse, donec penitus everterent: reversique sunt omnes filii Israël in possessiones et civitates suas.

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English

When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.

Notes

2 Chronicles 31:1

After purifying and rededicating the temple, the city of Jerusalem, and its people, Hezekiah started the third stage of his reform. He removed pagan worship objects from all of Judah and the northern territories.

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Apostasy and Renewal God’s Plan to Restore

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Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
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People

Asherah: Canaanite goddess; associated with wooden poles, idolatry Benjamin: Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Manasseh: Firstborn son of Joseph, blessed by Jacob

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Hezekiah High Place Idols, Idolatry

Topics

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Joined in the Destruction of Idolatrous Forms in Jerusalem Hezekiah: King of Judah: Purges the Nation of Idolatry Hezekiah: King of Judah: Religious Zeal of High Places: Destroyed: Hezekiah Idolatry: Zeal Against: Israel Influence: Good: Hezekiah Liberality: Hezekiah Revivals: Hezekiah Rulers: Righteous: Hezekiah, in his Fear of the Lord the Tribe of Manasseh: Country of, Purified from Idols by Hezekiah and Josiah Tribe of Ephraim: Many of, Joined in Hezekiah's Passover and Reformation

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