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Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, ^(C1)the priests of the second order, and the ^(F1)doorkeepers ^(C2)to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for ^(F2)Asherah, and for all the heavenly ^(F3)lights; and ^(C3)he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

The king also tore down ^(C1)the altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and ^(C2)the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD; and he ^(F1)smashed them there and ^(C3)threw their dust into the brook Kidron.