2 Kings 23:14

Josiah Destroys Idolatry

13The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

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Berean Standard Bible
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Bible in Basic English
The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.
Free Bible Version
He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the places with human bones.
Geneva Bible 1599
And he brake the images in pieces, and cut downe the groues and filled their places with the bones of men.
King James (Authorized) Version
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Translation for Translators
They also broke into pieces the stone pillars that the Israeli people worshiped, and cut down the pillars that honored the goddess Asherah, and they scattered the ground there with human bones to desecrate it.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He broke the stone pillars into pieces and cut down the Asherah poles and he filled those places with the bones of human beings.
Noah Webster Bible
And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
World English Bible
He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
Young's Literal Translation
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;