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Then, in his presence and following his instructions, he oversaw the destruction of the altars of the Baals, and the incense stands erected above them were torn down. The sacred poles and the carved and molten images were shattered and beaten into dust, which was then scattered over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them. Finally, the bones of the priests he burned upon their altars. Thus he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

In the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and in the ruined villages as far as Naphtali,

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