And they brake down [a]in his sight the altars of Baal, and he caused to cut down the images that were on high upon them: he brake also the groves, and the carved images and the molten images, and stamped them to powder, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

Also he burnt the [b]bones of the Priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

And in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mauls they brake all round about.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:4 Which showeth that he would see the reformation with his own eyes.
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:5 Read 2 Kings 23:16.

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(A) and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(B) He burned(C) the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem. In the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them,

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