In 2 Kings 23:6, Josiah burns the Asherah from the temple, mirroring his burning of the Asherah at Bethel here. Same reform action, different locations.

2 Kings 10:31 notes Jehu did not turn from Jeroboam's sins—contrasting with Josiah who destroys Jeroboam's very altar at Bethel.

1 Kings 12:28-33 records Jeroboam setting up the golden calf and altar at Bethel—the very site Josiah demolishes here.

In 1 Kings 13:2, a prophet foretold Josiah by name would sacrifice on the Bethel altar; here Josiah fulfills that prophecy.

In 2 Chronicles 34:6, Josiah destroys altars and Asherim in northern cities, providing a parallel account of his reform from another source.

Hosea 8:6 prophesies the calf of Samaria will be broken — Josiah's destruction of the Bethel altar fulfills this.

Hosea 10:8 foretells the high places of Aven (Bethel) destroyed and altars overgrown — Josiah's reform fulfills it.

Amos 3:14 specifically says the altars of Bethel will be visited and their horns cut off — Josiah's demolition matches this.

In Exodus 32:20, Moses grinds the golden calf to powder; Josiah crushes the Bethel altar to powder, echoing the same iconoclastic method.

1 Kings 14:16 pronounces judgment for Jeroboam's sins—the same sins that Josiah's destruction of the Bethel altar now addresses.

In 2 Chronicles 31:1, people destroy high places and Asherim in many regions, showing the wider reform of which Josiah's Bethel action is a part.

1 Kings 15:30 repeats that Jeroboam sinned and caused Israel to sin—the context for the altar Josiah destroys at Bethel.

In 1 Kings 21:22, Jeroboam's house is the pattern for judgment against Ahab, linking to Jeroboam's sin that caused the altar Josiah destroys.

In 2 Chronicles 15:16, Asa burns his mother's Asherah, similar to Josiah burning the Asherah at Bethel. Both destroy Asherah idols.