KJV:
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
NASB:
So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I return safely, I will tear down this tower."
KJV:
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
NASB:
He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
KJV:
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
NASB:
Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
KJV:
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
NASB:
They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
KJV:
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
NASB:
All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
KJV:
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
NASB:
He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.
KJV:
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
NASB:
Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one's left at the city gate.
KJV:
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
NASB:
The altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.