⁶ He sacrificed his son as a burnt offering. He practiced divination and magic and consulted^[a] fortunetellers and mediums. He sinned greatly against the Lord and stirred up his anger. ^7 (A)He placed the symbol of the goddess Asherah in the Temple, the place about which the Lord had said to David and his son Solomon: “Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped. ⁸ And if the people of Israel will obey all my commands and keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them, then I will not allow them to be driven out of the land that I gave to their ancestors.”