他做耶和华视为恶的事,效法耶和华在以色列人面前赶走的外族人的可憎行径。 他重建他父亲希西迦拆毁的丘坛,为巴力筑造祭坛,制造亚舍拉神像,并祭拜和供奉天上的万象。 耶和华曾指着祂的殿说:“我的名必永远在耶路撒冷。”他却在耶和华的殿内建造异教的祭坛。

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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.”

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