2 Kings 23:12-14

Good News Translation

^12 (A)The altars which the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above King Ahaz' quarters, King Josiah tore down, along with the altars put up by King Manasseh in the two courtyards of the Temple; he smashed the altars to bits^[a] and threw them into Kidron Valley. ^13 (B)Josiah desecrated the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Olives,^[b] for the worship of disgusting idols—Astarte the goddess of Sidon, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of Ammon. ¹⁴ King Josiah broke the stone pillars to pieces, cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah, and the ground where they had stood he covered with human bones.