2 Kings 21:7 meaning and explanation
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.
2 Kings 21:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Manasseh, king of Judah, has already reversed his father Hezekiah's reforms, and here the narrator reaches the worst of it. The Asherah pole was a wooden object associated with worship of the goddess Asherah, and Manasseh sets up his own carved one inside the Jerusalem temple itself.
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