2 Kings 23:4
23:4 a remove ... all the articles: Josiah eliminated from the Temple detestable items associated with pagan worship.• terraces of the Kidron Valley: This area, near the Valley of Ben-Hinnom where the loathsome Molech rituals of child sacrifice had been carried out, became a place where ashes and dead bodies were taken (Jer 26:23 b).
• Taking the ashes away to Bethel, where Jeroboam had erected one of his cult altars (1 Kgs 12:28-29 c), would defile the site forever.
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