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2 Chronicles 34:4 - Altars

2 Chronicles 34:4 - And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
And they brake down	H5422	נָתַץ	[Verb] to tear down
the altars	H4196	מִזְבֵּחַ	[Noun Masculine] an altar
of Baalim	H1168	בַּעַל	{Baal} a Phoenician deity
in his presence	H6440	פָּנִים	[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.)
and the images	H2553	חַמָּן	[Noun Masculine] a sun pillar
that	H834	אֲשֶׁר	{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc.
were on high	H4605	מַעַל	[Substitution] properly the upper {part} used only adverbially with prefix {upward} above: {overhead} from the {top} etc.
above	H4480	מִן	[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses
them he cut down	H5422	נָתַץ	[Verb] to tear down
and the groves	H842	אֲשֵׁרָה	[Proper Name Feminine] happy; asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
and the carved images	H2553	חַמָּן	[Noun Masculine] a sun pillar
and the molten images	H2553	חַמָּן	[Noun Masculine] a sun pillar
he brake in pieces	H7665	שָׁבַר	[Verb] to burst (literally or figuratively)
and made dust	H1854	דָּקַק	[Verb] to crush (or intransitively) crumble
of them and strowed	H2236	זָרַק	[Verb] to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)
it upon	H5921	עַל	[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
the graves	H6913	קֶבֶר	[Noun Masculine] a sepulchre
of them that	H834	אֲשֶׁר	{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc.
had sacrificed	H2076	זָבַח	[Verb] to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
unto them

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.