² Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods^(A) – on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.^{(B) 3} Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every^[a] place.^(C)

²⁶ They brought out the pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it, ²⁷ and they tore down the pillar^(A) of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it a latrine^(B) – which it still is today.