2 Kings 21:3-7
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[3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them. [4] He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. [5] He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh. [6] He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. [7] He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh 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 forever;
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2 Kings 21:3-7 mentions Egypt, Jerusalem, Jotbah, Samaria and Uzza.
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