<p class="bodytext">Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" /> He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the &#8220;The Sea.&#8221;<n id="1" /> They took the bronze to Babylon.