(A)He did evil in the sight of the Lord, (B)according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel. For (C)he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and (D)he erected altars for Baal and made an [a]Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and (E)worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. (F)He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “(G)In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 21:3 I.e. a wooden symbol of a female deity