'Removed' in the Bible

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.

But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

And he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs out of Judah.

Only, the high places were not removed; and as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

Has not the same Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

And he removed the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.