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In the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins[a] all around,(A) he broke down the altars, beat the sacred poles[b] and the images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.(B)

Discovery of the Book of the Law

In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 34.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 34.7 Or Asherahs