2Ch 34:3 | NASB2020 | STEP | For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth , he began to seek the God of his father David ; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places , the Asherim , the carved images , and the cast metal images .

2 Chronicles 34:3

3 For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to ^aseek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began ^bto purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the ^{▼▼I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)}Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images.