2 Kings

2 Kings 18:4

⁴He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan^b that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

Footnotes

b 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for bronze and also for snake.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He removed	הֵסִ֣יר	hê·sîr	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
the high places	הַבָּמ֗וֹת	hab·bā·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place
shattered	וְשִׁבַּר֙	wə·šib·bar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
the sacred pillars	הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת	ham·maṣ·ṣê·ḇōṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4676 pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹ , stump
and cut down	וְכָרַ֖ת	wə·ḵā·raṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
the Asherah poles	הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה	hā·’ă·šê·rāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H842 Ashera
He also demolished	וְכִתַּת֩	wə·ḵit·taṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3807 beat, crush by beating
the bronze	הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת	han·nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze
snake	נְחַ֨שׁ	nə·ḥaš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5175 serpent
called	וַיִּקְרָא־	way·yiq·rā-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Nehushtan	נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃	nə·ḥuš·tān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5180 made of copper, copper serpent of the Desert
that	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֗ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
had made	עָשָׂ֣ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
for	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
up to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
that	הָהֵ֙מָּה֙	hā·hêm·māh	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
time	הַיָּמִ֤ים	hay·yā·mîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
the Israelites	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
had burned incense	מְקַטְּרִ֣ים	mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to it	ל֔וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular

Cross-references

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2 Chronicles 31:1 · Numbers 21:8–9 · 2 Kings 18:22 · Deuteronomy 12:2–3 · Exodus 23:24 · Leviticus 26:30 · Judges 6:25 · 2 Kings 12:3 · Judges 6:28 · 1 Kings 22:43 · Deuteronomy 7:5 · 1 Kings 15:12–14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.