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^(C1)He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father David had done.

^(C1)He removed the high places and smashed the memorial stones to pieces, and cut down the ^(F1)Asherah. He also crushed to pieces ^(C2)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called ^(F2)Nehushtan.

^(C1)He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; and ^(C2)after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who came before him.

For he ^(C1)clung to the LORD; he did not desist from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.