6. Josiah removed the Asherah pole from the Lord’S Temple. He took the Asherah pole outside the city to the Kidron Valley and burned it there. Then he beat the burned pieces into dust and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people.
7. Then King Josiah broke down the houses of the male prostitutes who were in the Lord’S Temple. Women also used these houses and made little tent covers to honor the false goddess Asherah.
10. Topheth was a place in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son where people killed their children and burned them on an altar to honor the false god Molech. Josiah ruined that place so that no one could use it again.
11. In the past the kings of Judah had put some horses and a chariot near the entrance to the Lord’S Temple. This was near the room of an important official named Nathan Melech. The horses and chariot were to honor the sun god. Josiah removed the horses and burned the chariot.
12. In the past the kings of Judah had built altars on the roof of Ahab’s building. King Manasseh had also built altars in the two courtyards of the Lord’S Temple. Josiah destroyed all the altars and threw the broken pieces into the Kidron Valley.