¹⁰ They set up for themselves sacred pillars^(A) and Asherah poles^(B) on every high hill and under every green tree.^(C)

²² Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the Lord our God.” Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,^(A) saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem”?’

Removal of Idolatry

31 When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars^(A) throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one.^[a] Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.