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Some time afterward Joash decided to restore the house of the Lord.(A)

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Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the Lord.

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12 Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a snare among you.(A) 13 Rather, you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and cut down their sacred poles,[a](B) 14 for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.(C)

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  1. 34.13 Or Asherahs

12 Be careful not to make a treaty(A) with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare(B) among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](C) 14 Do not worship any other god,(D) for the Lord, whose name(E) is Jealous, is a jealous God.(F)

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  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

20 Did not Achan son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity!”(A)

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20 When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[a](A) did not wrath(B) come on the whole community(C) of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’”(D)

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  1. Joshua 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

23 For they also built for themselves high places, pillars, and sacred poles[a] on every high hill and under every green tree;(A)

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  1. 14.23 Or Asherahs

23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C)

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Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.(A)

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Jehu(A) the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked(B) and love[a] those who hate the Lord?(C) Because of this, the wrath(D) of the Lord is on you.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 19:2 Or and make alliances with