"And they arose and took away the altars that {were} in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cas…" — 2 Chronicles 30:14

2 Chronicles 30:14 · KJV

“And they arose and took away the altars that {were} in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast {them} into the brook Kidron.”

— 2 Chronicles 30:14

Verse 13

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

Verse 15

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth {day} of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30 — Context

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

And they arose and took away the altars that {were} in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast {them} into the brook Kidron.

And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, {which they received} of the hand of the Levites. {their place: Heb. their standing}

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:24

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 15:23

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. {Kidron: Gr. Cedron}

2 Chronicles 29:16

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse {it}, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took {it}, to carry {it} out abroad into the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:16

And also {concerning} Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from {being} queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped {it}, and burnt {it} at the brook Kidron. {mother: that is, grandmother} {idol: Heb. horror}

John 18:1

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

Isaiah 2:18-20

And the idols he shall utterly abolish. {he...: or, shall utterly pass away}

2 Chronicles 34:7

And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. {into...: Heb. to make powder}

2 Chronicles 34:4

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}