The historical record says: “In the eighth year of his reigning, while he was still a boy, he started to search for the God of David his forefather; and in the twelfth year he started to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the sacred poles and the graven images and the molten statues. ”
Арван хоёр дахь жилд тэрээр Иуда болон Иерусалимыг мөргөлийн өндөрлөгүүд, Ашерагийн модон шон болон сийлмэл, цутгамал хөргүүдээс цэвэрлэж эхэлсэн » ажээ (Ш.дэд 34: 3).