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(A)He even made his son pass through the fire, (B)practiced soothsaying and interpreted omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh provoking Him to anger. Then (C)he put the graven image of Asherah, which he had made, in the house of which Yahweh had said to David and to Solomon his son, “(D)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. And I (E)will not make the foot of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

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He sacrificed his own son(A) in the fire, practiced divination,(B) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(D) his anger.

He took the carved Asherah pole(E) he had made and put it in the temple,(F) 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(G) forever. I will not again(H) make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses(I) gave them.”

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