and have put their gods in the fire, for they were no gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; thus they have been destroyed.
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
They brought out the sacred pillar from the house of Baal and burned it.
“Surely, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have annihilated the nations and their lands
As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?
“Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Deity is like gold or silver or stone or an engraved work of art or an image of the reflection of man.