Reforms under Josiah

⁴ Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, ^(A)the priests of the second order, and the ^[a]doorkeepers ^(B)to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for ^[b]Asherah, and for all the heavenly ^[c]lights; and ^(C)he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

⁶ He also brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ^(A)ground it to dust, and ^(B)threw its dust on the graves of the ^[a]common people.