2 Kings 23:2-4

New American Standard Bible

² And the king went up to the house of the Lord and every man of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great; and ^(A)he read in their ^[a]presence all the words of the Book of the Covenant ^(B)which was found in the house of the Lord. ³ And ^(C)the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, ^(D)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 ^[b]entered into the covenant.

Reforms under Josiah

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