2 Kings 18:4-6

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⁴ He removed the shrines on the hills, broke down the obelisks, knocked down the shameful idols of Asherah, and broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had begun to worship it by burning incense to it; even though, as King Hezekiah^[a] pointed out to them, it was merely a piece of bronze. ⁵ He trusted very strongly in the Lord God of Israel. In fact, none of the kings before or after him were as close to God as he was. ⁶ For he followed the Lord in everything, and carefully obeyed all of God’s commands to Moses.