He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed(A) and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,(B) as King Ahab of Israel had done;(C) he also bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky(D) and served them. He built altars in the Lord’s temple,(E) where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”(F) He built altars to all the stars in the sky(G) in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.(H)

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