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Lexicon :: Strong's H5493 - sûr

Aa
סוּר
Transliteration
sûr
Pronunciation
soor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1480

Strong’s Definitions

סוּר çûwr, soor; or שׂוּר sûwr; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively):—be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x

The KJV translates Strong's H5493 in the following manner: (put, take, ...) away (97x), depart (76x), remove (35x), aside (29x), take (14x), turn (12x), turn in (9x), take off (6x), go (3x), put (3x), eschewed (3x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x
The KJV translates Strong's H5493 in the following manner: (put, take, ...) away (97x), depart (76x), remove (35x), aside (29x), take (14x), turn (12x), turn in (9x), take off (6x), go (3x), put (3x), eschewed (3x), miscellaneous (14x).
  1. to turn aside, depart

    1. (Qal)

      1. to turn aside, turn in unto

      2. to depart, depart from way, avoid

      3. to be removed

      4. to come to an end

    2. (Polel) to turn aside

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose

      2. to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish

    4. (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּר çûwr, soor; or שׂוּר sûwr; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively):—be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
STRONGS H5493: Abbreviations
סוּר and (Hosea 9:12) [שׂוּד] 300 verb turn aside (Late Hebrew Hiph. cause to turn aside, or apostatize; Tel Amarna sûru, noun rebel WklGloss); —
Qal161 Perfect masculine singular סָר Exodus 3:4 +; 3rd person feminine singular סָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 16:14 +; 1st person singular סָ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:102; 3rd person plural סָרוּ Deuteronomy 9:12 +; 2nd person masculine plural סַרְתֶּם Deuteronomy 9:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָסוּר Genesis 49:10 +, וַיָּ֫מַר Judges 4:18 +; 3rd person feminine singular תָּסוּר 1 Samuel 6:3 +; 1st person singular cohortative אָסֻ֫רָה Exodus 3:3; 3rd person masculine plural יָסֻ֫רוּ Exodus 25:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סוּר 2 Samuel 2:22 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute סוֺר Daniel 9:5, סֹר Daniel 9:11; construct סוּר Isaiah 7:17 +; suffix שׂוּרִי Hosea 9:12 (Ges§ 6 k Now); Participle סָר Job 1:1 +; feminine construct סָרַת Proverbs 11:22; masculine plural construct סָרֵי Jeremiah 6:28 (or from סרר, or שָׂר); passive feminine סוּרָה Isaiah 49:21, with intransitive meaning (Ges§ 50fii. 1, 137), plural suffix סוּרַי [H3249 Jeremiah 17:13] Qr; and construct סוּרֵי [H5494 Jeremiah 2:21]; —
1. turn aside, out of one's course 1 Samuel 6:12; Deuteronomy 2:27, from following, מֵאַחֲרֵי person 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 2:22, absolute 2 Samuel 2:23, from attacking, מֵעַל 2 Chronicles 20:10; turn in unto (for shelter, refuge, etc.), with אֶלֿ, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3(J) Judges 4:18 (3 times in verse); Judges 19:11, Judges 19:12; 2 Kings 4:11, with לְ Judges 20:8, with שָׁם Judges 18:3; Judges 19:15, שָׁ֫מָה Judges 18:15; 2 Kings 4:8)+ infinitive), 2 Kings 4:10; with הֵ֫נָּה Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16 (in figurative); for purpose implied Exodus 3:3 (J) Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse), or expressed by infinitive Exodus 3:4 (J) Judges 14:8; Jeremiah 15:5 (in figurative); especially figurative turn aside from right path, from י׳, his commands, etc., usually with מִן Exodus (J) Judges 2:17; Deuteronomy 9:12 + 7 times D, Proverbs 13:14 + 5 times Proverbs, + 10 times elsewhere, + 2 Chronicles 8:15 (insert מִן); with מֵאַחֲרֵי 1 Samuel 12:20 + 4 times; with מֵעַל Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 6:9; מִן + יָמִין etc. Deuteronomy 5:29 ; Deuteronomy 17:11; 2 Kings 22:2 2 Chronicles 34:2; absolute (sometimes = revolt) Psalm 14:3; Jeremiah 5:23; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 17:17 (subject לֵבָב), וְסוּרַי Jeremiah 17:13 Qr (> יסורי Kt) read probably וְסוּרֶיךָ those revolting from thee (Ew Gie); סוּרֵי הַגֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה H5494 Jeremiah 2:21 degenerate (shoots) of the foreign vine (figurative); סָרַת טַעַם Proverbs 11:22 a woman turning aside as to discretion, shewing lack of it; also from wrong path, sins (of Jeroboam), etc., with מִן 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Kings 14:24 + 7 times 2 Kings; with מֵעַל 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Kings 15:18; with מֵאַחֲרֵי 2 Kings 10:29; סָר מֵרָע (participle) Job 1:1, Job 1:8; Job 2:3 also Isaiah 59:15; סוּר מֵרָע (infinitive and imperative) Job 28:28; Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17; Psalm 34:1b; Psalm 37:27.
2. depart, usually with מִן, of frogs Exodus 8:7 [Exodus 8:11], flies Exodus 8:25 [Exodus 8:29] (both J), sword 2 Samuel 12:10; sceptre from Judah Genesis 49:10 (poem in J): י׳'s hand 1 Samuel 6:3, his kindness 2 Samuel 7:15 (MT, but read אָסִיר Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate || 1 Chronicles 17:13 Th We Dr Klo Bu Kit HPS), his wrath Ezekiel 16:42 (but strike out Co Siegf Toy), depart from way = get out of the way, cease to obstruct Isaiah 30:11, etc.; with מִתּוֺךְ 1 Samuel 15:6 (twice in verse); with מֵעַל Isaiah 7:17; Judges 16:19; Numbers 12:10, etc.; of י׳ departing, מִן person, Hosea 9:12, מֵעַל Judges 16:20; 1 Samuel 28:16, מֵעִם 1 Samuel 18:12; God, with מִן Job 21:14; Job 22:17, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 28:16, רוּחֵ י׳, with מֵעִם 1 Samuel 16:14; evil spirit, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 16:23; absolute depart [from Babylon] Isaiah 52:11 (twice in verse); = avoid contact Lamentations 4:15 (3 times in verse); of wicked Job 15:30 he shall not depart out of (מִנִּי) darkness, i.e. shall not avoid it, escape it; passive participle made to depart, thrust away, of Israel under figure of wife Isaiah 49:21 (> active, according to BaNB § 124 c).
3. of lifeless things = be removed, oppressors's yoke, with מֵעַל Isaiah 14:25 compare Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 10:27; staves from (מִן) ark Exodus 25:15; absolute inquity Isaiah 6:7; especially of בָּמוֺת 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4 [2 Kings 12:3]; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles 20:33.
4. = come to an end, Amos 6:7; Isaiah 11:13. — For סָר אֶלֿ 1 Samuel 22:14 read שָׂר עַלֿ Greek Version of the LXX Th Dr Klo Bu Kit Löhr HPS; in 1 Samuel 15:32 Th HPS strike out סָר (after Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version) as dittograph; סָר סָבְאָם Hosea 4:18 see סֹבֶא; Hosea 7:14 read יָס֫וֺרוּ for יָס֫וּרוּ (√ סרר which see); Jeremiah 6:28, it is uncertain whether (סוֺרְרִים) סָרֵי belongs here, revolters among the rebellious, or below []סרר, or even = שָׂרֵי princes, chiefs (compare 1 Samuel 22:14).
Pô`lel Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סוֺרֵר דְּרָכָיו Lamentations 3:11 he turned aside my ways (my steps).
Hiph.133 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵסִיר 2 Kings 18:4 +; 2nd person masculine singular וַהֲסִרֹ֫תָ consecutive (Dr§ 110(5) Obs.) 1 Kings 3:31 [1Ki 2:31]; 1st person singular הֲסִירֹ֫תִי 2 Kings 23:27 +, וַהֲסִרֹתִ֫י 1 Samuel 17:46 +; 3rd person plural הֵסִ֫ירוּ 2 Chronicles 30:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָסִיר Isaiah 3:18 +, jussive יָסֵר Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8] +, וַיָּ֫סַר Genesis 8:13 +; suffix וַיְסִרֵהוּ 1 Samuel 18:13, וַיְסִרֶהָ 1 Kings 15:13, יְסִירֶנָּה Leviticus 3:4 +; 3rd person masculine plural יָסִ֫ירוּ Isaiah 5:23 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָסֵר 1 Kings 20:24 +, הָסִיר Ezekiel 21:31 [Ezekiel 21:26] (read הָסֵיר, הָסֵר); feminine singular הָסִ֫ירִי 1 Samuel 1:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָסֵר Genesis 30:32 +; construct הָסִיר 2 Kings 6:32 +, etc.; Participle מֵסִיר Isaiah 3:1 + 3 times; —
1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away: with מִן, Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8]; Exodus 8:27 [Exodus 8:31]; Exodus 33:23 (all J), Exodus 23:25 (E) Deuteronomy 7:15; 1 Samuel 28:3; Joshua 7:13 (J) Judges 10:16; Isaiah 3:1; Psalm 18:23 [Psalm 18:22] (+ || 2 Samuel 22:23, read אָסִיר מִמֶּנִּי De Hup-Now HPS); shoulder from burden Psalm 81:7 [Psalm 81:6]; מֵסִיר אָזְנוֺ מִשְּׁמֹעַ Proverbs 28:9; + often, + Job 33:17 (insert מִן Greek Version of the LXX Ew Di De Hi Bu and others); with מֵעַל, take off ring Genesis 41:42 (E) Esther 3:10, also Esther 8:2 (absolute); garments Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 (J) Deuteronomy 21:13; Zechariah 3:4; 1 Samuel 17:39 (armour), also Exodus 34:34 (P; absolute) and Ezekiel 26:16 (Co insert מֵעַל); take off head, מֵעַל 1 Samuel 17:46, absolute 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Kings 16:32; with מֵעַל also often figurative (from upon = from resting on, or burdening), plagues Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8]; Exodus 10:17 (J), compare Numbers 21:7 (E), also 1 Samuel 1:14; Amos 5:23; 1 Kings 2:31; reproach 1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 25:8; with מֵעִם = from one's presence 1 Samuel 18:13, also of י׳ removing kindness 1 Chronicles 16:13 [1 Samuel 16:14] = || 2 Samuel 7:15 (see Qal 2.); with מֵעַל מָּנָיו, of י׳ removing Israel 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 23:27; 2 Kings 24:3; Jeremiah 32:31; absolute 2 Kings 23:27; often absolute, Genesis 8:13 Noah removed the covering; remove = depose with מִן 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16 (see מִן 7b (b)), absolute 2 Chronicles 36:3, compare Judges 9:29; Job 34:20; remove בָּמוֺת, etc., 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 18:22 = Isaiah 36:7; 2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Kings 23:19; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Chronicles 14:2 [2 Chronicles 14:3], compare 2 Chronicles 14:4 [2 Chronicles 14:5]; 2 Chronicles 17:5 [2 Chronicles 17:6] (both with מִן); = put away strange gods, etc., Genesis 35:2; Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:23 (all E), 1 Samuel 7:4, with מִתּוֺךְ 1 Samuel 7:3; Isaiah 58:9; once with לְ, מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים Job 12:20.
2. rarer uses are: put aside = leave undone Joshua 11:15 (D); retract words Isaiah 31:2 (of י׳); reject prayer Psalm 66:20; abolish sacrifice Daniel 11:31; turn one away מֵאַחֲרֵי, i.e. from following Deuteronomy 7:4; with אֶלֿ person, remove the ark unto 2 Samuel 6:10 = 1 Chronicles 13:13.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּסַר Leviticus 4:31; Daniel 12:11; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּסַר Leviticus 4:35; Participle מוּסָר Isaiah 17:1; plural מוּסָרִים 1 Samuel 21:7 [1 Samuel 21:6] (but final ם probably dittograph before מ We Dr Klo Kit HPS); — be taken away, removed: with מִן Leviticus 4:35, מֵעַל Leviticus 4:31, מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ 1 Samuel 21:7 [1 Samuel 21:6]; מוּסָר מֵעִיר Isaiah 17:1 Damascus is removed from being a city; absolute be abolished Daniel 12:11 (compare Daniel 11:31 Hiph.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 8:13; 19:2; 19:3; 30:32; 35:2; 38:14; 38:19; 41:42; 49:10; 49:10

Exodus

3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 8:11; 8:29; 8:31; 10:17; 23:25; 25:15; 25:15; 33:23; 34:34

Leviticus

3:4; 4:31; 4:31; 4:35; 4:35

Numbers

12:10; 21:7

Deuteronomy

2:27; 5:29; 7:4; 7:15; 9:12; 9:12; 9:16; 11:16; 17:11; 17:17; 21:13

Joshua

7:13; 11:15; 24:14; 24:23

Judges

2:17; 4:18; 4:18; 9:29; 10:16; 14:8; 16:19; 16:20; 18:3; 18:15; 19:11; 19:12; 19:15; 20:8

Ruth

4:1

1 Samuel

1:14; 1:14; 6:3; 6:3; 6:12; 7:3; 7:4; 12:20; 15:6; 15:32; 16:14; 16:14; 16:14; 16:23; 17:26; 17:39; 17:46; 17:46; 18:12; 18:13; 18:13; 21:6; 21:6; 22:14; 22:14; 28:3; 28:16; 28:16

2 Samuel

2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 4:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:15; 12:10; 16:9; 22:23

1 Kings

2:31; 2:31; 15:13; 15:13; 15:14; 20:24; 22:44

2 Kings

3:3; 4:8; 4:10; 4:11; 6:32; 10:29; 10:31; 12:3; 14:4; 14:24; 15:4; 15:18; 15:35; 17:18; 17:23; 18:4; 18:4; 18:22; 22:2; 23:19; 23:27; 23:27; 23:27; 24:3

1 Chronicles

13:13; 17:13

2 Chronicles

8:15; 14:3; 14:5; 15:16; 15:17; 17:6; 20:10; 20:33; 30:14; 30:14; 32:12; 34:2; 36:3

Esther

3:10; 8:2

Job

1:1; 1:1; 1:8; 2:3; 12:20; 15:30; 21:14; 22:17; 28:28; 33:17; 34:20

Psalms

14:3; 18:22; 34:1; 37:27; 66:20; 81:6; 119:102

Proverbs

3:7; 9:4; 9:16; 11:22; 11:22; 13:14; 13:19; 16:6; 16:17; 28:9

Isaiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:18; 5:23; 6:7; 7:17; 7:17; 10:27; 11:13; 14:25; 14:25; 17:1; 17:1; 25:8; 30:11; 31:2; 36:7; 49:21; 49:21; 52:11; 58:9; 59:15

Jeremiah

5:23; 6:28; 6:28; 15:5; 17:13; 32:31; 32:40

Lamentations

3:11; 4:15

Ezekiel

6:9; 16:42; 21:26; 26:16

Daniel

9:5; 9:11; 11:31; 11:31; 12:11; 12:11

Hosea

4:18; 7:14; 9:12; 9:12; 9:12

Amos

5:23; 6:7

Zechariah

3:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5493 matches the Hebrew סוּר (sûr),
which occurs 301 times in 283 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Sa 6:10–2Ch 14:3)

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So he was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

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“But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

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“Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’

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Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and remove his head! ”

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Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me[fn]

and have not disregarded his statutes.

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The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s family the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

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For David did what was right in the LORD’s sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.

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He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his ancestors had made.

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He also removed his grandmother[fn] Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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The high places were not taken away, but Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his entire life.

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“Also do this: remove each king from his position and appoint captains in their place.

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As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life, or you will weigh out seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver.’

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He quickly removed the bandage from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.

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When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel! ” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

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He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the LORD’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away;[fn] the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and mother, for he removed the sacred pillar of Baal his father had made.

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Nevertheless, Joram clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. He did not turn away from them.

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One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.

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“so let’s make a small, walled-in upper room and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp there for him. Whenever he comes, he can stay there.”

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One day he came there and stopped at the upstairs room to lie down.

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Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him? ”

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but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit ​— ​worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.

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Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

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Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

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but they didn’t turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. Jehoahaz continued them, and the Asherah pole also remained standing in Samaria.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he continued them.

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Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

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Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight and did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

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He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

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Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD’s temple.

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Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the water carts[fn] and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took the basin[fn] from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.

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Therefore, the LORD was very angry with Israel, and he removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained.

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The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam committed and did not turn away from them.

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Finally, the LORD removed Israel from his presence just as he had declared through all his servants the prophets. So Israel has been exiled to Assyria from their homeland to this very day.

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He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.[fn]

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He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following him but kept the commands the LORD had commanded Moses.

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“Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the LORD our God.” Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem” ? ’

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He did what was right in the LORD’s sight and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn to the right or the left.

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Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to anger the LORD. Josiah did the same things to them that he had done at Bethel.

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For the LORD had said, “I will also remove Judah from my presence just as I have removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, that I have chosen, and the temple about which I said, ‘My name will be there.’ ”

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Indeed, this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command to remove them from his presence. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done,

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So David did not bring the ark of God home[fn] to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

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“I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not remove my faithful love from him as I removed it from the one who was before you.

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They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests and the Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

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He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.


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