2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Hezekiah reigns twenty-nine years in Judah, doing right and trusting in God unlike any king before or after; he removes the high places, destroys the bronze serpent Moses made. The Assyrian king Sennacherib invades Judah and takes its fortified cities; …
Other Translations
He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
he hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it `a piece of brass.'
He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.
Cross References
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly …
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of …
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall …
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if …
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down …
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high …
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew …
And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even …
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, …
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until …