Josiah smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. Then he covered all those places with human bones.

又打碎柱像，砍下木偶，将人的骨头充满了那地方。

又打碎柱像，砍下亚舍拉，用人的骨头填满那地方。

又打碎柱像，砍下亚舍拉，用人的骨头填满那地方。

他砸碎神柱，砍倒亚舍拉神像，用死人骨头填满那些地方。

他又打碎神柱，砍下亚舍拉，把死人的骨头布满那个地方。

又打碎柱像，砍下木偶，將人的骨頭充滿了那地方。

又打碎柱像，砍下亞舍拉，用人的骨頭填滿那地方。

又打碎柱像，砍下亞舍拉，用人的骨頭填滿那地方。

他砸碎神柱，砍倒亞舍拉神像，用死人骨頭填滿那些地方。

他又打碎神柱，砍下亞舍拉，把死人的骨頭布滿那個地方。

他又打破崇拜柱子，把亞舍拉神木砍下來，使那地方充滿了人的骨頭。

碎其柱像、斫其木偶、以人骨充其所、

毀其像、斫其偶、以骸骨充其所。

碎諸石像、斫諸亞舍拉、亞舍拉或作木偶以骸骨充於其所、

Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.

And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.

He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. Then he desecrated these places by scattering human bones over them.

He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.

He also smashed to pieces the memorial stones and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with human bones.

And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones.

He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.

Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces.

So here is what you must do to those people. Break down their altars. Smash their sacred stones. Cut down the poles they use to worship the female god named Asherah. Burn the statues of their gods in the fire.

Then Josiah looked around. He saw the tombs on the side of the hill. He had the bones removed from them. And he burned them on the altar to make it“ unclean.” That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through a man of God. The man had announced those things long before they took place.

“ At that time the tombs will be opened,” announces the Lord.“ The bones of the kings and officials of Judah will be brought out. The bones of the priests and prophets will be removed. So will the bones of the people of Jerusalem.They will lie outside under the sun, moon and all the stars. All these people had loved and served these things. They had followed them and worshiped them. They had asked them for advice. So the bones of these people will not be gathered up or buried again. Instead, they will be like human waste lying there on the ground.

All the statues of Samaria’s gods will be broken to pieces. All the gifts its people gave to temple prostitutes will be burned with fire. I will destroy all the statues of its gods. Samaria collected gifts that were paid to temple prostitutes. So the Assyrians will use the gifts to pay their own temple prostitutes.”

“ Suppose someone is out in the country. And suppose they touch someone who has been killed by a sword. Or they touch someone who has died a natural death. Or they touch a human bone or a grave. Then anyone who touches any of those things will be‘ unclean’ for seven days.

“‘ “It will take seven months for the Israelites to bury the bodies. They will do this to make the land‘ clean’ again.All the people in the land will bury them. The day that I show how glorious I am will be a time to remember.” This is what the Lord and King announces.“ People will keep being hired to make the land‘ clean’ again. They will go all through it. They and others will bury any bodies lying on the ground.“‘ “After the seven months they will search even more carefully.As they go through the land here is what they’ll do. When anyone sees a bone, they will put a marker beside it. Then those who dig the graves will take the bone to the Valley of Gog’s Armies. There they will bury it.That is how they will make the land‘ clean’ again.” ’ ” Also a town called Gog’s Armies is near there.

While he was still young, he began to worship the God of King David. It was the eighth year of Josiah’s rule. In his 12th year Josiah began to get rid of the high places in Judah and Jerusalem. He removed the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. He also removed the statues of other false gods.He ordered the altars of the gods that were named Baal to be torn down. Josiah cut to pieces the altars above them that were used for burning incense. He smashed the Asherah poles. He also smashed the statues of other false gods. Josiah broke all of them to pieces. He scattered the pieces over the graves of those who had offered sacrifices to those gods.

Drive out all those living in the land. The statues of their gods are made out of stone and metal. Destroy all those statues. And destroy all the high places where they are worshiped.

“ How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You are like tombs that are painted white. They look beautiful on the outside. But on the inside they are full of the bones of the dead. They are also full of other things that are not pure and‘ clean.’It is the same with you. On the outside you seem to be doing what is right. But on the inside you are full of what is wrong. You pretend to be what you are not.

Then a man who is‘ clean’ must dip branches of a hyssop plant in the water. He must sprinkle the tent with it. Everything that belongs to the tent must be sprinkled with it. The people in the tent must also be sprinkled. Anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave must be sprinkled. So must anyone who has touched someone who has been killed. And so must anyone who has touched someone who has died a natural death.

Burn the statues of their gods in the fire. Don’t wish for the silver and gold on those statues. Don’t take it for yourselves. If you do, it will be a trap for you. The Lord your God hates it.Don’t bring anything he hates into your house. If you do, you will be completely destroyed along with it. So hate it with all your heart. It is set apart to be destroyed.