2 Kings 23:12-14
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12 King Josiah knocked down the altars that were on the roof of the palace. The kings of Judah had built the altars there, above the high room of King Ahaz. He also knocked down the altars that King Manasseh had built in the two yards of the Lord's temple. Josiah broke the altars into small pieces. He threw the bits into the Kidron Valley.
13 King Josiah also destroyed the altars that were on the hills east of Jerusalem. Those altars were on the south side of Mount Trouble.[a] King Solomon had built them to worship these false gods:
Ashtoreth, a wicked female god that the people in Sidon worshipped.
Chemosh, a wicked god that the people in Moab worshipped.
Molech, the evil god that the people in Ammon worshipped.
14 Josiah broke the stone pillars that people worshipped into small pieces. He cut down the Asherah poles. He covered the ground where they had been with human bones.[b]
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- 23:13 Mount Trouble may be a name for the Mount of Olives, on the east side of Jerusalem. The hill was called this because there were many altars for false gods there.
- 23:14 People would not go where there were dead bodies, or human bones. See Numbers 5:2.
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