^3 (A)He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. ^4 (B)He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the ^[a]Asherah. He also broke in pieces ^(C)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called ^[b]Nehushtan. ^5 (D)He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; ^(E)so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him. ⁶ For he ^(F)clung to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.