Thematic Bible: Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred
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Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Idols put away
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the images of Baal that his father had made.
And when Asa heard the words and prophecy of Oded, the prophet, he was comforted and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken in Mount Ephraim and repaired the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your hearts unto the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you and be clean and change your garments:
Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in perfection and in truth and put away from among you the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt, and serve ye the LORD.
For he took away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
In the same manner Josiah burned the spiritists, the diviners, the teraphim, the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » The temple cleansed
And they gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and entered in, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and I caused the vessels of the house of God to be brought there again, with the present and the frankincense.
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days of evening and morning; then shall the sanctuary be justified.
And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those that sold doves
and when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overthrew the tables
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Manasseh
Likewise, he took away the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the LORD and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem and cast them out of the city.
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the lands that pertained to the sons of Israel and made all that were present in Israel serve the LORD their God only. And all his days they did not depart from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoshaphat
Nevertheless, good things have been found in thee, in that thou hast burned down the groves of the land and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » hezekiah
Now when all this was finished, all Israel went out, those that were present, to the cities of Judah and broke 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 sons of Israel returned, each man to his possession, into their own cities.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Nehemiah
And it came to pass, that when shadow came to the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut and charged that they should not be opened until after the sabbath; and I set some of my servants at the gates, that no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Asa
For he took away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoiada
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and broke it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehu
And they broke down the image of Baal and broke down the house of Baal and made it a latrine unto this day.
Awakenings and religious reforms » 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 door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the grove and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and caused their dust to be carried unto Bethel.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » -ezra
Now, therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to send away all the women and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of the Lord and of those that fear the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.