4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests cof the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for dBaal, for eAsherah, and for all the host of heaven. fHe burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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2 Kings 25:18
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
Jeremiah 52:24
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
2 Kings 21:3
For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
Deuteronomy 16:21
“You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the LORD your God that you shall make.
2 Kings 23:15
Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned, reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah.
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