12 And the altars that were on the top of the 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 break down, and hasted thence, and cast the dust of them in the [a]brook Kidron.

13 Moreover the King defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, and on the right hand of the [b]mount of corruption (which (A)Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the idol of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the idol of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon)

14 And he brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:12 Or, valley.
  2. 2 Kings 23:13 That was the mount of olives, so called because it was full of idols.

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