Deuteronomy 12:3

“Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and completely break down their sacred stones.”

Similar command to destroy pagan altars and idols.

“you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. You must destroy all their carved images and their cast idols and demolish all their high places.”

Parallel instruction regarding the destruction of pagan places of worship.

“This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.”

Reinforces the command to destroy pagan religious objects.

“He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. He called it Nehushtan.”

Example of Hezekiah destroying pagan objects and high places.

“When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh as well, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their own towns, to their own inheritances.”

Illustrates the Israelites following the command to destroy pagan altars and idols.