Just quick clarifier on Israel's gods. In 2 Kings 18, Hezekiah made major reforms where he "removed the high places, and he smashed the stone pillars; he cut down the poles of Asherah worship and demolished the bronze serpent" called Nehushtan. All these things he destroyed are references to different cultic practices for other gods in ancient Israel. . The high places were some kind of cultic site that was either artificially or naturally elevated since mountains were sacred places where one co