³ He removed the foreign altars and the ·places where gods were worshiped [^Lhigh places; 11:15]. He smashed the ·stone pillars that honored other gods [^Lpillars], and he ·tore [cut] down the Asherah [^Ca Canaanite fertility goddess] ·idols [poles; Deut. 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg. 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kin. 18:4].