2 Kings 21:7-9

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⁷ Manasseh carved an Asherah ·idol [pole; ^Ca sacred tree or pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah; 13:6] and put it in the ·Temple [^Lhouse]. The Lord had said to David and his son Solomon about the ·Temple [^Lhouse], “I will ·be worshiped [^Lput my name] forever in this ·Temple [^Lhouse] and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel. ⁸ I will never again make the ·Israelites [^Lfeet of Israel to] wander out of the land I gave their ·ancestors [fathers]. But they must ·obey [observe; do] everything I have commanded them and all the ·teachings [law; ^Ltorah] my servant Moses gave them.” ⁹ But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them to do more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed ahead of the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel].