The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 34:7 Explained

2 Chronicles 34:7

KJV: 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.

YLT: And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem.

Darby: and he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherahs and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sun-pillars throughout the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

ASV: And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 2 Chronicles 34:7 Mean?

Study Notes

groves
. See Scofield " Judges 3:7 ".
grove
The groves (Heb. Asherim) so often mentioned in the OT were devoted to the worship of Ashtereth, the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the Aphrodite of the Greeks, the Roman Venus. CF.
(See Scofield " Judges 2:13 ") .

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 34:1-11 - A Toting King's Noble Leadership
Josiah was as much better than his father Amon, as Manasseh had been worse than Hezekiah. How strange to find such a pure young soul in the heart of Amon's court! What led the boy to such moral and religious attainments? Perhaps his grandfather, Manasseh, unable to change his son, focused his prayers and influence on his grandson. It is probable, also, that considerable influence for good resulted from the discovery that he had been the subject of prophecy. See 1 Kings 13:2. He felt encouraged to apprehend that for which he had been apprehended years before. Though no prophet's voice has predicted the program and attainments of our lives, they are well known in heaven, and we are summoned to realize God's great ideals for us.
The call of Jeremiah, also so nearly coincides with the commencement of Josiah's reforms that we can scarcely regard the two facts as unconnected. At any rate the king's earlier efforts seem to have been coincident with the first appearance of the prophet-statesman in the king's court at Jerusalem. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 34

1  Josiah's good reign
3  He destroys idolatry
8  He takes order for the repair of the temple
14  Hilkiah, having found a book of the law,
21  Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord
23  Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time
29  Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 34:7 mean?

And when he had broken down - the altars and the wooden images and the carved images had beaten into powder and all the incense altars cut down throughout all the land of Israel and he returned to Jerusalem -
וַיְנַתֵּ֣ץ אֶת־ הַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹת וְאֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤ים וְהַפְּסִלִים֙ כִּתַּ֣ת לְהֵדַ֔ק וְכָל־ הַֽחַמָּנִ֥ים גִּדַּ֖ע בְּכָל־ אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֖שָׁב לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם ס

וַיְנַתֵּ֣ץ  And  when  he  had  broken  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָתַץ  
Sense: to pull down, break down, cast down, throw down, beat down, destroy, overthrow, break out (teeth).
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹת  the  altars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤ים  the  wooden  images 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֲשֵׁרָה  
Sense: a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images.
וְהַפְּסִלִים֙  and  the  carved  images 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: פָּסִיל  
Sense: image, idol, graven image.
כִּתַּ֣ת  had  beaten 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּתַת  
Sense: to beat, crush by beating, crush to pieces, crush fine.
לְהֵדַ֔ק  into  powder 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּקַק  
Sense: to crush, pulverise, thresh.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַֽחַמָּנִ֥ים  the  incense  altars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַמָּן  
Sense: incense altar, sun-pillar, idol, image.
גִּדַּ֖ע  cut  down 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּדַע  
Sense: to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off.
בְּכָל־  throughout  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֶ֣רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וַיָּ֖שָׁב  and  he  returned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם  to  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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