³ He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed^(A) and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,^(B) as King Ahab of Israel had done;^(C) he also worshiped the whole heavenly host^(D) and served them.

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.^(A)

³ He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down^(A) and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.