2 Kings 21:5-7

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁵ And he [good Hezekiah’s son] built altars for all the hosts of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the Lord!

⁶ And he made his son pass through the fire and burned him as an offering [to Molech]; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and wizards! He did much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

⁷ He made a graven image of [the goddess] Asherah and set it in the house, of which the Lord 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, will I put My Name [and the pledge of My presence] forever;