2 Kings 23 · Verse 15

2 Kings 23:15

Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
2 Kings 23:15, King James Version

2 Kings 23:15 in other translations

BSBHe even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
WEBMoreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
ASVMoreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
YLTand also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place--he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.
DARBYMoreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.
BBEAnd the altar at Beth-el, and the high place put up by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil, that altar and that high place were pulled down; and the high place was burned and crushed to dust and the Asherah was burned.
WebsterMoreover, the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

What does 2 Kings 23:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 23:15-20
15-20. Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, &c.--Not satisfied with the removal of every vestige of idolatry from his own dominion, this zealous iconoclast made a tour of inspection through the cities of Samaria and all the territory formerly occupied by the ten tribes, destroying the altars and temples of the high places, consigning the Asherim to the flames, putting to death the priests of the high places, and showing his horror at idolatry by ransacking the sepulchers of idolatrous priests, and strewing the burnt ashes of their bones upon the altars before he demolished them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 23:15-24
Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his reach. He carefully preserved the sepulchre of that man of God, who came from Judah to foretell the throwing down of Jeroboam's altar. When they had cleared the country of the old leaven of idolatry, then they applied themselves to the keeping of the feast. There was not holden such a passover in any of the foregoing reigns. The revival of a long-neglected ordinance, filled them with holy joy; and God recompensed their zeal in destroying idolatry with uncommon tokens of his presence and favour. We have reason to think that during the remainder of Josiah's reign, religion flourished.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 23:15 in the original Hebrew

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וְגַ֨םve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּבֵֽית\־be.veit-[was] at Beth-H1008
אֵ֗ל'El-elH1008
הַבָּמָה֙ha.ba.Mahthe high placeH1116
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשָׂ֜ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213
יָרָבְעָ֤םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
נְבָט֙ne.VatNebatH5028
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
הֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'he caused to sinH2398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
גַּ֣םgamalsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּזְבֵּ֧חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
הַה֛וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַבָּמָ֖הha.ba.Mahthe high placeH1116
נָתָ֑ץna.Tatzhe tore downH5422
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ףvai.yis.Rofand he burnedH8313
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבָּמָ֛הha.ba.Mahthe high placeH1116
הֵדַ֥קhe.Dakhe crushed [it]H1854
לְעָפָ֖רle.'a.Farto dustH6083
וְשָׂרַ֥ףve.sa.Rafand he burnedH8313
אֲשֵׁרָֽה\׃'a.she.Rah[the] Asherah poleH842

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Cross references for 2 Kings 23:15

  • 2 Kings 23:6

    And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

  • 1 Kings 14:16

    And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kings 10:31

    But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 21:22

    And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 12:28-13:1

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. …

  • 1 Kings 15:30

    Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the altar.
10:31; 1Ki 12:28-33; 14:16; 15:30; 21:22
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Context

  • 2 Kings 23:14

    And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

  • 2 Kings 23:15

    Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

  • 2 Kings 23:16

    And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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2 Kings 23:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Igualmente el altar que estaba en Beth-el, y el alto que había hecho Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, el que hizo pecar á Israel, aquel altar y el alto destruyó; y quemó el alto, y lo tornó en polvo, y puso fuego al bosque.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’autel qui était à Béthel, le haut lieu qu’avait fait Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, qui fit pécher Israël, cet autel-là aussi et le haut lieu, il les démolit; et il brûla le haut lieu, le réduisit en poussière, et brûla l’ashère.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auch den Altar, der zu Bethel war, die Höhe, welche Jerobeam, der Sohn Nebats, gemacht hatte, der Israel sündigen machte, auch diesen Altar und die Höhe riß er nieder; und er verbrannte die Höhe, zermalmte sie zu Staub und verbrannte die Aschera.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Insuper et altare quod erat in Bethel, et excelsum quod fecerat Jeroboam filius Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël: et altare illud, et excelsum destruxit, atque combussit, et comminuit in pulverem, succenditque etiam lucum.