5 He also took out of all the cities of Judah ^hthe high places and the ^kincense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the ⁿAsherim, and the carved and the metal images. 4 And they chopped down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he cut down the ^oincense altars that stood above them. And he broke in pieces the ⁿAsherim and the carved and the metal images, and he made dust of them and ^oscattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

7 he broke down the altars and beat the ⁿAsherim and the images ^rinto powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

3 and say, ^vYou mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to ^wthe mountains and ^xthe hills, to ^ythe ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, ^zand I will destroy your high places. 4 ^zYour altars shall become desolate, and your ^aincense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols. 5 ^zAnd I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, ^band I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6 Wherever you dwell, ^cthe cities shall be waste and ^dthe high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined,¹ your idols broken and destroyed, your ^aincense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.