For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to (A)seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began (B)to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images. They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and (C)the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and (D)ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. Then (E)he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

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In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God(A) of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols. Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles(B) and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(C) He burned(D) the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.

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