He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.

He removed the foreign gods and images from the Lord’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the Lord’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.

Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.