⁴ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests ^(A)of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for ^(B)Baal, for ^(C)Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. ^(D)He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

⁶ And he brought out ^(A)the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, ^(B)and burned it at the brook Kidron ^(C)and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves ^(D)of the common people.