⁴ He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.^(A) He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made,^(B) for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.^[a]

¹⁴ “Just as Moses^(A) lifted up the snake in the wilderness,^(B) so the Son of Man must be lifted up, ¹⁵ so that everyone who believes in him may^[a] have eternal life.^(C)