⁴ He got rid of the illegal places of worship, crushed the sacred stones, and cut down the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He even crushed the bronze snake that Moses had made because up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan. ⁵ Hezekiah trusted Yahweh Elohim of Israel. No king among all the kings of Judah was like Hezekiah. ⁶ He was loyal to Yahweh and never turned away from him. He obeyed the commands that Yahweh had given through Moses,