2 CHRONICLES 31:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.”
The destruction of high places, altars, Asherah poles, and idols throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh represents a comprehensive territorial cleansing following the Passover celebration. The systematic destruction indicates a campaign of religious reformation extending far beyond the capital and addressing the deep infrastructure of idolatrous practice across the entire land. The enumeration of specific objects of worship (high places, altars, Asherah poles, idols) demonstrates thorough attention to eliminating every location and symbol through which paganism had been practiced. The participation of the gathered assembly suggests that this was not merely a top-down administrative action but a popular movement reflecting the people's renewed commitment to exclusive worship of the Lord. The geographic comprehensiveness demonstrates that Hezekiah's reformation was not limited to institutional changes but addressed the entire society's religious infrastructure.
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