He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(A) He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down(B) and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them. He built altars(C) in the Lord’s temple, where Yahweh had said, “Jerusalem is where My name will remain forever.”(D)

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