Reference: Quarry
Hastings
In the story of the slaughter of Eglon by Ehud (Jg 3) we are told (Jg 3:19) that Ehud turned back from 'the quarries that were by Gilgal,' while after the assassination he 'escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries' (Jg 3:26). An alternative translation 'graven images' is given in Authorized Version margin and Revised Version margin, while other versions, e.g. Septuagint and Vulgate, read 'idols.' The Heb. word p?s
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Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their standing pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn up their carved images.
You must burn up the carved images of their gods. Don't covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, "King [Eglon], I have a secret message for you." The king called for silence, and all his attendants left him.
Ehud escaped while the servants waited. He crossed over [the Jordan] near the carved images and reached Seirah.
The temple's construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
Look, riders come- horsemen in pairs." And he answered, saying, "Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the idols of her gods have been shattered on the ground."
Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.