And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast [them] out of the city.
Ver. 15. And he took away the strange gods.] This he had promised to do, doubtless, in his distress; and now he doth it. "Vow, and perform to the Lord your God," &c.
And cast them out of the city.] Saying unto them, "Get you hence." Isa 30:22 "What have I to do any more with idols?" Hos 14:8 This was his repentance from sin.