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. ”
बायबल सांगते, “आपल्या कारकिर्दीच्या आठव्या वर्षी तो अल्पवयी असतानाच आपला पूर्वज दावीद याच्या देवाच्या भजनी लागला; बाराव्या वर्षी तो उच्च स्थाने, अशेरा मूर्ति आणि कोरीव व ओतीव मूर्ति यहूदा व यरुशलेम यातून काढून टाकू लागला. ”