^4 (A)He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ^(B)“In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

⁷ He even set a carved image of ^[a]Asherah that he had made, in the ^[b]house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, ^(A)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

¹¹ ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have ^(A)defiled My sanctuary with all your ^(B)detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; ^(C)My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.