2 Kings 21:3-7

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah

³For he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he worshiped all the heavenly lights and served them. ⁴And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.” ⁵He built altars for all the heavenly lights in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. ⁶And he made his son pass through the fire, interpreted signs, practiced divination, and used mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. ⁷Then he put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.