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2 Kings 23:6-14

6 He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people.

7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the Lord and where women did weaving for Asherah.

8 Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the shrines at the gates—at the entrance to the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which is on the left of the city gate.

9 Although the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

10 He desecrated Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the room of an official named Nathan-Melech. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

12 He pulled down the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.

13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the people of Ammon.

14 Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.

Cross References for 2 Kings 23:6-14

1 Kings 2:37 - The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 2:37 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 2:37

Judges 3:7 - Othniel The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and ser... Click to read the verse Judges 3:7 Click to read the verse Judges 3:7

Deuteronomy 7:25 - The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them,... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 7:25 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 7:25

Exodus 32:20 - And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scat... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:20 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:20

2 Chronicles 33:7 - He took the carved image he had made and put it in God’s temple, of which God had said to David... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 33:7 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 33:7

2 Kings 23:15 - Even the altar at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel t... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:15 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:15

Deuteronomy 9:21 - Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then ... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 9:21 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 9:21

2 Kings 10:27 - They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 10:27 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 10:27

1 Kings 14:23 - They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:23 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:23

Jeremiah 17:2 - Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on t... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:2

1 Kings 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 15:13 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 15:13

2 Chronicles 14:3 - He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the A... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 14:3 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 14:3

1 Kings 16:33 - Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger th... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 16:33 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 16:33

Jeremiah 31:40 - The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 31:40 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 31:40

2 Chronicles 15:16 - King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 15:16 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 15:16

John 18:1 - Jesus Arrested When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidr... Click to read the verse John 18:1 Click to read the verse John 18:1

2 Kings 21:7 - He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the Lord had sai... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 21:7 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 21:7

2 Chronicles 34:4 - Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 34:4 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 34:4

Jeremiah 32:34 - They set up their abominable idols in the house that bears my Name and defiled it. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 32:34 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 32:34

2 Kings 21:5 - In both courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. Click to read the verse 2 Kings 21:5 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 21:5

2 Kings 23:12 - He pulled down the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof near the upper room of Aha... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:12 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:12