Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be the
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you ha
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctif
He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, g
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthe
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the templ
For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem,
Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and hi
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the directio
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have s
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where