2 Kings 21:2-7
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2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,(A) imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B) 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed(C) and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,(D) as King Ahab of Israel had done;(E) he also bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky(F) and served them. 4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple,(G) where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”(H) 5 He built altars to all the stars in the sky(I) in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.(J) 6 He sacrificed his son in the fire,[a](K) practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(L) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.(M)
7 Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the Lord had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.(N)
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- 21:6 Lit He made his son pass through the fire
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