2Ch 33:3-7 | NASB1995 | STEP | For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down ; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim , and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

2 Chronicles 33:3-7

3 For ^ahe rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; ^bhe also erected altars for the Baals and made ^{▼▼ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity}Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 ^dHe built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be ^ein Jerusalem forever.” 5 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in ^fthe two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 ^gHe made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and ^hdealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. 7 Then he put ⁱthe carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, ^j“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;