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2 Kings 18:2-4
New King James Version
2 Kings 18:2-4
New King James Version
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was (A)Abi[a] the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
4 (B)He removed the [b]high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the [c]wooden image and broke in pieces the (C)bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it [d]Nehushtan.
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- 2 Kings 18:2 Abijah, 2 Chr. 29:1ff.
- 2 Kings 18:4 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 18:4 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
- 2 Kings 18:4 Lit. Bronze Thing, also similar to Heb. nahash, serpent
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