1 Kings 14:9Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012“You have made me very angry by rejecting me and making idols out of gold. Jeroboam, you have done more evil things than any king before you. See the chapter |
and even set up a stone image of a foreign god. Manasseh practised magic and witchcraft; he asked fortune-tellers for advice and sacrificed his own sons in Hinnom Valley. He did many other sinful things and made the LORD very angry. Years ago, God had told David and Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there in the temple I will be worshipped for ever.