were burned

Exodus 12:12
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Exodus 32:20
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

Deuteronomy 7:5, 25
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire. . . .

1 Samuel 5:2-6
carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue. . . .

2 Kings 19:18
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone--the work of human hands.