(A)And he burned his sons as an offering (B)in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and (C)used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with (D)mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. And (E)the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, (F)I will put my name forever, and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land (G)that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses.”

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