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2 Kings 21:5-7
New King James Version
2 Kings 21:5-7
New King James Version
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the (A)two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 (B)Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced (C)soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 7 He even set a carved image of [a]Asherah that he had made, in the [b]house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, (D)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;
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- 2 Kings 21:7 A Canaanite goddess
- 2 Kings 21:7 Temple
New King James Version (NKJV)
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