2 Kings 23:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³ And ^(A)the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, ^(B)to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments, His provisions, and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people ^[a]entered into the covenant.

Reforms under Josiah

⁴ Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, ^(C)the priests of the second order, and the ^[b]doorkeepers ^(D)to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for ^[c]Asherah, and for all the heavenly ^[d]lights; and ^(E)he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ⁵ Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining ^(F)heavenly ^[e]lights.