And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brass serpent that Moses had made: for until those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you will not make known to me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak anything improper against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.
The sculptured images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto you, lest you be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their sculptured images with fire.