^{4 Ref} And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

^{5 Ref} And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

^{6 Ref} And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

^{7 Ref} He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.