2 Kings 23:6 
Context| NET © | He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord’s temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. 1 He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard. 2 |
| NIV © | He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people. |
| NASB © | He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. |
| NLT © | The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD’s Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the pole to dust and threw the dust in the public cemetery. |
| MSG © | He took the obscene phallic Asherah pole from The Temple of GOD to the Valley of Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it up, then ground up the ashes and scattered them in the cemetery. |
| BBE © | And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest. |
| NRSV © | He brought out the image of Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the Wadi Kidron, burned it at the Wadi Kidron, beat it to dust and threw the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. |
| NKJV © | And he brought out the wooden image from the house of the LORD, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the graves of the common people. |
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| NASB © | He brought <03318> out the Asherah <0842> from the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> outside <04480> to the brook <05158> Kidron <06939> , and burned <08313> it at the brook <05158> Kidron <06939> , and ground <01854> it to dust <06083> , and threw <07993> its dust <06083> on the graves <06913> of the common <01121> people .<05971> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | He removed <03318> the Asherah pole <0842> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and took it outside <02351> Jerusalem <03389> to <0413> the Kidron <06939> Valley <05158> , where he burned <08313> it. He smashed <01854> it to dust <06083> and then threw <07993> the <0853> dust <06083> in <05921> the public <05971> <01121> graveyard .<06913> |
| NET © | He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord’s temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. 1 He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard. 2 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and he burned it in the Kidron Valley.” 2 tc Heb “on the grave of the sons of the people.” Some Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses read the plural “graves.” tn The phrase “sons of the people” refers here to the common people (see BDB 766 s.v. עַם), as opposed to the upper classes who would have private tombs. |
