2 Chronicles 33:2-7

Legacy Standard Bible

^2 (A)And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel. ³ Indeed, ^(B)he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had torn down; and ^(C)he erected altars for the Baals and made ^[a]Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. ^4 (D)And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “^(E)In Jerusalem My name shall be forever.” ⁵ Indeed, he built altars for all the host of heaven in ^(F)the two courts of the house of Yahweh. ^6 (G)He even made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced soothsaying, interpreted omens, practiced sorcery, and ^(H)dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger. ⁷ Then he put ^(I)the graven image of the ^[b]idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “^(J)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.