For he built altars for (A)all the host of heaven in (B)the two courts of the house of the Lord. (C)He made his son pass through the fire, (D)practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger. Then (E)he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and to his son Solomon, “(F)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

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