4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the ^osecond order and the ^pkeepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. He ^qburned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to ^rBethel.

The Valley of Slaughter

30 “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. ^hThey have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

34 ^kThey set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.