2 Kings 23:12
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
2 Kings 23:12 records Josiah giving orders that every idolatrous building and idol should be swept away, in which he partially destroyed the imposing pile of buildings erected for idolatrous worship. That complex had been built by Solomon for his idolatrous wives on the opposite side of the Jehoshaphat ravine, confronting the temple of God on Mount Moriah, for the worship of idols of wood and stone. Josiah left the broken, defaced debris remaining there facing the temple.
Worshipers in the temple who asked how those buildings and idols came to be there were answered that the builder was Solomon, he whom God honored, the beloved of God and steward of the temple who wrote Proverbs and offered the prayer at the dedication of the temple. The ruins declare that Solomon broke through the barriers God had erected to preserve Israel as depositaries of sacred truth from idolatry, cherished pride of political power, encouraged alliances with pagan kingdoms, procured silver and gold at the expense of sacred trusts, and formed marriage alliances with daughters of pagan worshipers who led him away from God. They teach that separation from obedience to God separates a man from wisdom and righteousness, blunts fine sensibilities, sears conscience, clouds clear and exalted perceptions, and makes him the tool of Satan and a slave to impulse.