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They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and he cut down the incense altars that were on high above them. He broke the Asherah poles, the engraved images, and the molten images in pieces, made dust of them, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
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Verse 4. Idols. Hebrew chammanim, ( Bible.) “statues of the sun.” The term often denotes those open enclosures, where sacred fire was kept in honour of the sun. Calmet.—Septuagint “the heights above them.” Syr. “he destroyed the altars, idols, tigers, and temples, (5) the bracelets, little bells, and all the trees which had been consecrated to idols.” Arab. “the altars, idols, and leopards.”
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