2 Kings 21:2-7

Legacy Standard Bible

^2 (A)And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, ^(B)according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel. ³ Indeed, ^(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. ^4 (F)And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “^(G)In Jerusalem I will put My name.” ⁵ Indeed, he built altars for ^(H)all the host of heaven in ^(I)the two courts of the house of Yahweh. ^6 (J)He even made his son pass through the fire, ^(K)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. ⁷ Then ^(L)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, “^(M)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.