11 He did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the (A)sun, at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 (B)The altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and (C)the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, the king broke down; and he [a]smashed them there and (D)threw their dust into the brook Kidron. 13 The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of (E)the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for (F)Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for (G)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:12 Or ran from there