King Josia destroyed the temples of Astarte, Kemos and Milkom History of King Josia (series title) Thesaurus sacrarum historiaru [m] veteris testame [n] ti, elega [n] tissimis imaginibus expressu [m] excelle [n] tissimoru [m] in hac arte viroru [m] opera:

King Josia destroyed the temples of Astarte, Kemos and Milkom History of King Josia (series title) Thesaurus sacrarum historiaru [m] veteris testame [n] ti, elega [n] tissimis imaginibus expressu [m] excelle [n] tissimoru [m] in hac arte viroru [m] opera: now [n] c primu [m] in luce [m] editus (series title), King Josiah leaves the temples in honor of the pagan gods Astarte, Kemos and Milkom and destroy all images of the idols. Two men are busy pulling a large statue from its pedestal. Other men smash the temple to pieces with hammers. Below the performance a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 2 Kon. 23:14. Print is part of an album, all the pagan shrines about the entire kingdom are desecrated and destroyed, story of Josiah, Philips Galle, 1567 - 1571 and/or 1579, paper, engraving, h 204 mm × w 251 mm. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)