The Nehushtan (or Nehustan, Hebrew: נחושתן or נחש הנחושת) was a sacred object in the form of a bronze snake upon a pole. In the seventh century BC, King Hezekiah instituted a religious iconoclastic reform and destroyed the Nehustan.(2 Kings). It is identified with the bronze snake mentioned in the biblical Book of Numbers, which was used by Moses to cure the Israelites from snake bites. Orig… (More on Nehushtan)