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14 He tore down the stone images of foreign gods and cut down the sacred pole used in the worship of Asherah. Then he had the whole area covered with human bones.[a]

15 (A) But Josiah was not finished yet. At Bethel he destroyed the shrine and the altar that Jeroboam son of Nebat had built and that had caused the Israelites to sin. Josiah had the shrine and the Asherah pole burned and ground into dust. 16 (B) As he looked around, he saw graves on the hillside. He had the bones in them dug up and burned on the altar, so that it could no longer be used. This happened just as God's prophet had said when Jeroboam was standing at the altar, celebrating a festival.[b]

Then Josiah saw the grave of the prophet who had said this would happen

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Footnotes

  1. 23.14 Then he … human bones: This made the whole area unfit for the worship of any god.
  2. 23.16 just … festival: See 1 Kings 13.1,2.

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