2 Kings 13:6New Living TranslationBut they continued to sin, following the evil example of Jeroboam. They also allowed the Asherah pole in Samaria to remain standing. See the chapter |
Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the Lord’s Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.