6:30a Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son.

So they said to Joash: “Bring your (sing.) son out,
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The people of the town called for Joash to bring his son out

6:30b He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar

and he will die. He tore down the altar of Baal
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so they could kill him. He had destroyed the sacrifice platform of their god Baal.

6:30c and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”

and pulled down the pole of the goddess Asherah that stood beside it.”
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Also, he had cut down the pole ⌊where they worshiped the goddess⌋ Asherah that was beside it.

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