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He brought out the Asherah from the LORD’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
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Verse 6. Grove. The idol of Astarte, or the representation of a grove in sculpture. Bible.—People, who were not rich enough to have a sepulchre. Jeremias (19:11) threatens the people of Jerusalem with such a burial. Calmet.—The common people here means the idolaters. 2 Chronicles 34:4. Bible.
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