It's a #Commandment to #destroy false deities, there beliefs and all their accessories, and everything that is made for their purposes, as [Deuteronomy 12:2] states: "You shall surely destroy all the places where the "IDOLATERS"... served their gods" and, as implied by [Deuteronomy 7:5]: "Rather, what you should do to them is tear down their altars."

In Yisrael, "TORAH LAW" requires us to "Hunt Down" idol worshipers until they are ERADICATED from our entire land. However, we are required to hunt after it. Whenever we conquer a place, we must destroy all the false deities contained within it as stated in [Deuteronomy 13:14-17] Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known';

Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;

Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broad place thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof as a HOLOCAUST unto יהוה thy אלהיכם; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

The source for this distinction is [Deuteronomy 12:3] states: "And you shall destroy their names from this place," implying that you are obligated to hunt false deities and there worshipers.