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2 Kings 21:3-5
New International Reader's Version
2 Kings 21:3-5
New International Reader's Version
3 Manasseh rebuilt the high places. His father Hezekiah had destroyed them. Manasseh also set up altars to the god named Baal. He made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. Ahab, the king of Israel, had done those same things. Manasseh even bowed down to all the stars. And he worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple. The Lord had said about his temple, “I will put my Name there in Jerusalem.” 5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple Manasseh built altars to honor all the stars.
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