2 Kings 21:7

21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ¹ 

2 Kings 23:24

23:24 Josiah also got rid of ²  the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, ³  the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, ⁴  and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law ⁵  recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

[21:7]  ¹ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name perpetually (or perhaps “forever”).”

[23:24]  ² tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.

[23:24]  ³ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.

[23:24]  ⁴ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[23:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”