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Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the highplacewhichJeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israelsin, had made, even that altar and the highplace he brokedown. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.
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Now when Josiahturned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORDwhich the man of Godproclaimed, whoproclaimedthesethings.
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Then he said, "What is thismonument that I see?" And the men of the citytold him, "It is the grave of the man of Godwhocame from Judah and proclaimedthesethingswhich you have doneagainst the altar of Bethel."