¹³ Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.^[a](A)

¹⁹ And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,^(A) the moon and the stars^(B)—all the heavenly array^(C)—do not be enticed^(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping^(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

² If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God in violation of his covenant,^{(A) 3} and contrary to my command^(B) has worshiped other gods,^(C) bowing down to them or to the sun^(D) or the moon or the stars in the sky,^(E)

²⁸ After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.^(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”^(B)

³³ Ahab also made an Asherah pole^(A) and did more^(B) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.