2 Kings 23:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 23:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 23:14 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. images: Heb. ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 23:14 — KJV
“And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. images: Heb. statues”
— 2 Kings 23:14 (KJV)
2 Kings 23:14 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 23:14
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. present: Heb. found images: Heb. statues until...: Heb. until to make an end”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:14: brake, pieces, images
“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. images: Heb. statues Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:14: brake, pieces, images
“For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: images: Heb. statues”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:14: brake, images, cut
“And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images graves: Heb. face of the graves”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:14: brake, pieces, images
“But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: images: Heb. statues”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:14: images, cut, down
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