And he deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon and the constellations (A)and all the host of the heavens. And he brought out (B)the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, (C)and burned it at the brook Kidron (D)and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves (E)of the common people. And he broke down the houses of (F)the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the Lord, (G)where the women wove hangings for (H)the Asherah.

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