2 Kings 21:4-7 ▼

4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my name.”

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

6 He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

7 The carved image of Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;