2 Chronicles 33:3-7
3For ahe rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; bhe also set up altars for the Baals and made ▼▼I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly ▼▼Lit host
lights and served them. 4 eHe built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be fin Jerusalem forever.” 5He built altars for all the heavenly ▼▼Lit host
lights in hthe two courtyards of the house of the Lord. 6 iHe also made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery, and jdealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. 7Then he put kthe carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “ lIn this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;
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