The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz&#8217;s upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. He crushed them up<n id="1" /> and threw the dust in the Kidron Valley.

<p class="bodytext">He also tore down the altar in Bethel<n id="1" /> at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="2" /> He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole.<n id="3" />