34:7a He tore down the altars and Asherah poles,

He ordered people to demolish the altars and the poles ⌊that were images of the goddess⌋ Asherah.
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He gave orders to destroy the sacrifice platforms and the wooden poles ⌊where people worshiped the goddess⌋ Asherah.

34:7b crushed the idols to powder,

They smashed the idols until they were dust
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They ground the statues of the gods into powder

34:7c and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel.

and cut the incense altars into pieces in all the land of Israel.
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and destroyed the platforms where they burned sweet-smelling spices. They did that all over Israel.

34:7d Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem.
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When King Josiah ⌊finished doing that⌋ he went back to Jerusalem.

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