And he built altars for all the host of heaven (A)in the two courts of the house of the Lord. (B)Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced (C)soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and (D)consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. (E)He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the [a]house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, (F)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:7 Temple

In both courts of the temple of the Lord,(A) he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his children(B) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(C) and spiritists.(D) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple,(E) of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

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