2 Chronicles 34:4

And they threw down before him, the altars of the Baalim, and, the sun-pillars which were on high above them, he hewed down,—and, the Sacred Stems and the carved images and the molten images, brake he in pieces and ground to dust, and tossed over the face of the graves, of them who had been sacrificing unto them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

In Context

3And, in the eighth year of his reign, he, being yet a boy, he began to seek unto the God of David his father,-and, in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, from the high places and the Sacred Stems, and the carved images and the molten images.

5And, the bones of the priests, burned he upon their altars,—and so purified Judah and Jerusalem:

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Cross References

Exodus 23:24Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works,—but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.

Leviticus 26:30And I will destroy your high places And cut down your sun-pillars, And cast your carcases upon the carcases of your manufactured gods,—Thus shall my soul abhor you.

Deuteronomy 7:25The carved images of their gods, shalt thou consume with fire,—thou shalt not covet the silver and gold upon them to take unto thee, lest thou be ensnared thereby; for the abomination of Yahweh thy God, it is;

1 Kings 13:2And he made proclamation against the altar, by the word of Yahweh, and said, O altar! altar! Thus, saith Yahweh,—Lo! a son to be born unto the house of David, Josiah his name, who shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high-places, who are making a perfume upon thee, and, human bones, shall be burned upon thee;

2 Kings 23:4Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens,—and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel;

2 Kings 23:11and he did away with the horses, which the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the courtier, which was in the suburbs, also, the chariots of the sun, burned he with fire;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 34:2-8

The Reign of Josiah. ( b. c. 623.) 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and… Read the whole commentary →

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