2 Kings 18:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)He removed the high places and broke the (B)pillars and cut down (C)the Asherah. And he broke in pieces (D)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).[a]
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent
2 Kings 18:4
New International Version
4 He removed(A) the high places,(B) smashed the sacred stones(C) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(D) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[a])
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
Deuteronomy 12:2-5
English Standard Version
2 (A)You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, (B)on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces (C)their pillars and burn their (D)Asherim with fire. You shall chop down the carved images of their gods and (E)destroy their name out of that place. 4 (F)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way. 5 But you shall seek (G)the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation[a] there. There you shall go,
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- Deuteronomy 12:5 Or name as its habitation
Deuteronomy 12:2-5
New International Version
2 Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,(A) on the hills and under every spreading tree,(B) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. 3 Break down their altars, smash(C) their sacred stones and burn(D) their Asherah(E) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(F) from those places.
4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.(G) 5 But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(H) there for his dwelling.(I) To that place you must go;
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