He brought out the Asherah pole(A) from the Lord’s temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley,(B) beat it to dust,(C) and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.[a](D)

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  1. 2 Kings 23:6 Lit the sons of the people

He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(A) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(B) and scattered the dust over the graves(C) of the common people.(D)

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And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

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