2 Chronicles 34:6-8

New English Translation

⁶ In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins^[a] around them, ⁷ he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

⁸ In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple.^[b] He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.