2 Kings 18:4
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
נָחָשׁ
the snake of
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נָחָשׁ
Serpent. Nachash. The deceiver in the garden. Jesus said He saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. He was defeated at the cross and his end is certain.
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עָשָׂה
he had made
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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בֵּן
the people of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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קָטַר
making smoke
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קָטַר
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
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נְחֻשְׁתָּן
Nehushtan
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נְחֻשְׁתָּן
something made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert
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סוּר
he removed
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סוּר
to turn off (literal or figurative)
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מֹשֶׁה
Moses
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מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
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