The People Destroy the Local Shrines
1 After the Festival, the people went to every town in Judah and smashed the stone images of foreign gods and cut down the sacred poles31.1 sacred poles: See the note at 14.3. for worshiping the goddess Asherah. They destroyed all the local shrines31.1 local shrines: See the note at 11.15. and foreign altars in Judah, as well as those in the territories of Benjamin, Ephraim, and West Manasseh. Then everyone went home.