2Ch 34:3 | HCSB | STEP | In the eighth year of his reign , while he was still a youth , Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David , and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places , the Asherah poles , the carved images , and the cast images .

2 Chronicles 34:3

Josiah’s Reform

3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, ^a and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the ^{▼▼high place(s): An ancient place of worship most often associated with pagan religions, usually built on an elevated location}high places, the ^{▼▼Asherah(s): A Canaanite fertility goddess, who was the mother of the god Baal; also the wooden poles associated with the worship of her}Asherah poles, the carved images, ^d and the cast images.