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He built altars for the hosts of heaven in the two courts of the temple of the Lord. He burned his son in flames, practiced witchcraft, used divination, and cooperated with mediums and wizards. He did horrible things in the sight of the Lord, provoking the Lord to anger. He set up a carved image of the Asherah in the temple about which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon, his son, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from out of the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever,

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In the two courts(A) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his own son(B) in the fire, practiced divination,(C) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(D) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(E) his anger.

He took the carved Asherah pole(F) he had made and put it in the temple,(G) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(H) forever.

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