4He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.)
4He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the 18:4 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deityAsherah. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called 18:4 I.e., a bronze sculptureNehushtan.
4He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the I.e. a wooden symbol of a female deityAsherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called I.e. a piece of bronzeNehushtan.
4He removed the high places [of pagan worship], broke down the images (memorial stones) and cut down the Asherim. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the Israelites had burned incense to it; and it was called 18:4 The bronze serpent had served God’s purpose for it, and Hezekiah observed correctly that it was nothing more than a piece of art. Unfortunately, the Israelites had forgotten that the serpent had been nothing more than a tool of God, and they had been worshiping the sculpture itself as if it were a god.Nehushtan [a bronze sculpture]. [Num 21:8]
4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for bronze and also for snake. that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
4Hezekiah removed the high places. He smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made. Up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan.