took away

2 Chronicles 34:3-7
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of David his forefather, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. . . .

2 Kings 23:4-20
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. . . .

the abominations

1 Kings 11:5-7
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. . . .

all his days

Joshua 24:31
Israel had served the LORD through all the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and had experienced all the works the LORD had done for Israel.

Jeremiah 3:10
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense, " declares the LORD.

Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

from following [heb] from after