- their altars:
- "And he criedª° against¹ the altarª in the wordª of the LORD,ª and said,ª° O altar,ª altar,ª thus¹ saithª° the LORD;ª Behold,¹ a childª shall be bornª° unto the houseª of David,ª Josiahª by name;ª and upon¹ thee shall he offerª°¹ the priestsª of the high placesª that burn incenseª° upon¹ thee, and men'sª bonesª shall be burntª° upon¹ thee." {1Kg 13:2} + "Moreover¹¹ the altarª that¹ [was] at Bethel,ª [and] the high placeª which¹ Jeroboamª the sonª of Nebat,ª who¹ made¹ Israelª to sin,ª° had made,ª° both¹¹ that¹ altarª and the high placeª he brake down,ª° and burnedª°¹ the high place,ª [and] stamped²° [it] small¹ to powder,ª and burnedª° the grove.ª" {2Kg 23:15} + "Now when all¹ this¹ was finished,ª° all¹ Israelª that were presentª° went outª° to the citiesª of Judah,ª and brake²° the images² in pieces,ª°¹ and cut downª° the groves,ª and threw downª°¹ the high placesª and the altarsª out of all¹¹ Judahª and Benjamin,ª in Ephraimª also and Manasseh,ª until¹ they had utterly destroyedª° them all. Then all¹ the childrenª of Israelª returned,ª° every manª to his possession,ª into their own cities.ª" {2Ch 31:1} + "And he burntª° the bonesª of the priestsª upon¹ their altars,ª and cleansedª°¹ Judahª and Jerusalem.ª ... And when he had broken downª°¹ the altarsª and the groves,ª and had beatenª° the graven imagesª into powder,ª° and cut downª° all¹ the idolsª throughout all¹ the landª of Israel,ª he returnedª° to Jerusalem.ª" {2Ch 34:5-7}
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