Thematic Bible: Religious Reforms
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Idols put away
He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
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As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD.
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And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORDand serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
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So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
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"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
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He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » The temple cleansed
They gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
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Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the chambers, and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.
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And he said to me,"For 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state."
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And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
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And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Manasseh
And he took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside of the city.
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And Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel and made all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoshaphat
Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » hezekiah
Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Nehemiah
As soon as it began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Asa
He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoiada
Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the LORD.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehu
And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Josiah
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel
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religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » -ezra
Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law.
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