2 Kings 21:4-7
21:4 He built altars in the
Lord’s temple, about which the
Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”
21:5 In the two courtyards of the
Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
21:6 He passed his son
through the fire
and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it.
He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the
Lord, provoking him to anger.
21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the
Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.
2 Kings 21:16
21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.