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2 Kings 21:5-7
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2 Kings 21:5-7
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5 Manasseh built altars for the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. 6 He sacrificed his own son and burned him on the altar.[a] He used different ways of trying to know the future. He visited mediums and wizards.
Manasseh did more and more things that the Lord saw as evil, which made the Lord angry. 7 Manasseh made a carved statue of Asherah. He put this statue in the Temple. The Lord had said to David and to David’s son Solomon about this Temple: “I have chosen Jerusalem from all the cities in Israel. I will put my name in the Temple in Jerusalem forever.
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- 2 Kings 21:6 sacrificed … on the altar Literally, “made his son pass through the fire.”
2 Kings 21:5-7
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2 Kings 21:5-7
New International Version
5 In the two courts(A) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 He sacrificed his own son(B) in the fire, practiced divination,(C) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(D) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(E) his anger.
7 He took the carved Asherah pole(F) he had made and put it in the temple,(G) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(H) forever.
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