He did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) following the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles.(C) He bowed down(D) to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name(E) will remain in Jerusalem forever.” In both courts of the temple of the Lord,(F) he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his children(G) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(H) and spiritists.(I) 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,(J) 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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