13 The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of (A)the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for (B)Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for (C)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. 14 (D)He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and (E)filled their places with human bones.

15 Furthermore, (F)the altar that was at Bethel and the (G)high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. Then he [a](H)demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:15 So the Gr; Heb burned the high place