So they destroyed Baal’s sacred stone. They also tore down Baal’s temple. People have used it as a public toilet to this day.

毁坏了巴力柱像，拆毁了巴力庙作为厕所，直到今日。

他们毁坏巴力的柱像，拆毁了巴力庙当厕所，直到今日。

他们毁坏巴力的柱像，拆毁了巴力庙当厕所，直到今日。

他们摧毁了巴力的神柱和庙，把庙当作厕所，至今未变。

他们毁坏了巴力的神柱，又拆毁了巴力庙，作为厕所，直到今日。

毀壞了巴力柱像，拆毀了巴力廟作為廁所，直到今日。

他們毀壞巴力的柱像，拆毀了巴力廟當廁所，直到今日。

他們毀壞巴力的柱像，拆毀了巴力廟當廁所，直到今日。

他們摧毀了巴力的神柱和廟，把廟當作廁所，至今未變。

他們毀壞了巴力的神柱，又拆毀了巴力廟，作為廁所，直到今日。

又將巴力柱像都拆毁，將巴力廟都拆毁，使它作為廁所，到今日還是糞坑。

毀巴力之柱像、摧其廟以為廁、迄於今日、

毀巴力之像、摧其殿宇、以之為廁、迄今猶存、堪以為證。

毀巴力像、拆巴力殿、作為厠所、至於今日、

They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.

They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

and they tore down the pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it a latrine— which it still is today.

They also tore down the memorial stone of Baal and tore down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine as it is to this day.

Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day.

And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught- house, unto this day.

and tore down the pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it a latrine— which it is to this day.

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.

They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.

No other god can save people this way. So I’m giving an order about the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. No one may say anything against him. That’s true no matter what language they speak. If they say anything against him, they’ll be cut to pieces. And their houses will be turned into piles of trash.”

The king replied to them,“ I have made up my mind. You must tell me what I dreamed. And you must tell me what it means. If you don’t, I’ll have you cut to pieces. And I’ll have your houses turned into piles of trash.

Don’t change this order. If anyone tries to change it, they must be put to death. A pole must be pulled from their house. The pole must be stuck through their body. Because that person tried to change my royal order, their house must be broken to pieces.

He set up an altar to honor Baal. He set it up in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.

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.

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.

I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you.

Hezekiah removed the high places. He smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made. Up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan.

He also tore down the rooms where the male temple prostitutes stayed. Those rooms were in the Lord’ s temple. Women had made cloth for Asherah in them.Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and destroyed the high places. He destroyed them from Geba all the way to Beersheba. The priests had burned incense on them. Josiah broke down the gate at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua. It was on the left side of Jerusalem’s city gate. Joshua was the city governor.The priests of the high places didn’t serve at the Lord’ s altar in Jerusalem. In spite of that, they ate with the other priests. All of them ate bread made without yeast.Josiah destroyed the high place at Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. He didn’t want anyone to use the high place to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to the god named Molek.Josiah removed the statues of horses from the entrance to the Lord’ s temple. The kings of Judah had set them apart to honor the sun. The statues were in the courtyard. They were near the room of an official named Nathan- Melek. Josiah burned the chariots that had been set apart to honor the sun.He pulled down the altars the kings of Judah had set up. They had put them on the palace roof near the upstairs room of Ahaz. Josiah also pulled down the altars Manasseh had built. They were in the two courtyards of the Lord’ s temple. Josiah removed the altars from there. He smashed them to pieces. Then he threw the broken pieces into the Kidron Valley.The king also destroyed the high places that were east of Jerusalem. They were at the southern end of the Mount of Olives. They were the ones Solomon, the king of Israel, had built. He had built a high place for worshiping Ashtoreth. She was the evil female god of the people of Sidon. Solomon had also built one for worshiping Chemosh. He was the evil god of Moab. And Solomon had built one for worshiping Molek. He was the god of the people of Ammon. The Lord hated that god.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.

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.He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. That’s the way he made Judah and Jerusalem pure and“ clean.”Josiah went to the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim and Simeon. He went all the way to Naphtali. He also went to the destroyed places around all those towns.Everywhere Josiah went he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles. He crushed the statues of gods to powder. He cut to pieces all the altars for burning incense. He destroyed all those things everywhere in Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem.