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2 Chronicles 14:2

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So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.	And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:	For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Asa^H609 did^H6213 that which was good^H2896 and right^H3477 in the eyes^H5869 of the LORD^H3068 his God^H430:

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּסַר אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹות הַנֵּכָר וְהַבָּמֹות וַיְשַׁבֵּר אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹות וַיְגַדַּע אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּ֛סַר	va/i.Ya.sar	H5493	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he removed
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מִזְבְּח֥וֹת	miz.be.Chot	H4196	HNcmpc	(the) altars of
הַ/נֵּכָ֖ר	ha./ne.Khar	H5236	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ foreignness
וְ/הַ/בָּמ֑וֹת	ve./ha./ba.Mot	H1116	HC/Td/Ncfpa	and/ the/ high places
וַ/יְשַׁבֵּר֙	va/y.sha.Ber	H7665	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he broke down
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/מַּצֵּב֔וֹת	ha./ma.tze.Vot	H4676	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ sacred pillars
וַ/יְגַדַּ֖ע	va/y.ga.Da'	H1438	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he cut down
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ/אֲשֵׁרִֽים	ha./'a.she.Rim	H842	HTd/Np	the/ Asherah poles

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H609 — אָסָא (ʼÂçâʼ, aw-saw'): of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite; Asa.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3477 — יָשָׁר (yâshâr, yaw-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H842 — אֲשֵׁרָה (ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw'): or אֲשֵׁירָה; from אָשַׁר; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same; grove. Compare עַשְׁתֹּרֶת.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1116 — בָּמָה (bâmâh, bam-maw'): from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
• H1438 — גָּדַע (gâdaʻ, gaw-dah'): a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything; cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H4676 — מַצֵּבָה (matstsêbâh, mats-tsay-baw'): feminine (causatively) participle of נָצַב; something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol; garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
• H5236 — נֵכָר (nêkâr, nay-kawr'): ' from נָכַר; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom; alien, strange ([phrase] -er).
• H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
• H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).

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