2 Kings 23:8

8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from aGeba to Beersheba. And he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the gate of the city.

2 Kings 23:10

10And he defiled bTopheth, which is cin the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, dthat no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to eMolech.
Hebrew might cause his son or daughter to pass through the fire for Molech

2 Kings 23:14

14And he broke in pieces the gpillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.

2 Kings 23:16

16And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, haccording to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.

2 Chronicles 31:1

Hezekiah Organizes the Priests

1Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and ibroke in pieces the jpillars and cut down kthe Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.

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