# 2 Kings 23:14

> He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

— 2 Kings 23:14, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Exodus 23:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/23/24
- Deuteronomy 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/7/5
- 2 Kings 23:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/16

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).