^4 (A)He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the ^[a]Asherah. He also crushed to pieces ^(B)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called ^[b]Nehushtan.

Idols Are Destroyed

31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, ^(A)broke the memorial stones in pieces, cut down the ^[a]Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until ^[b]they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.