2 Kings 21
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2 Kings 21:4-7

4He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”

5He built altars to all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

6He sacrificed his son in the fire, practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.

7Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the Lord had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

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