2Ki 18:4 | NASB2020 | STEP | He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces , and cut down the Asherah . He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made , for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan .

2 Kings 18:4

4 ^aHe removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the ^{▼▼I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity}Asherah. He also crushed to pieces ^cthe bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called ^{▼▼I.e., a bronze sculpture}Nehushtan.