2 Chronicles 33:2-7 ▼

2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

3 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.

4 He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, |My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.|

5 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

6 He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him [to anger].

7 Then he put the 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, |In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;