The Wickedness of King Manasseh
The extent of King Manasseh’s wickedness is seen by him placing a sculptured image of the pagan goddess Asherah in the Holy Temple.
2 Kings 21: 6-7
...[Manasseh] did much that was displeasing to the L-RD, to vex Him. The sculptured image of Asherah that he made, he placed in the House (the Temple).
Pictured here is a Bronze Asherah fertility idol with the mold it was cast in, which can be viewed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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...[Manasseh] did much that was displeasing to the L-RD, to vex Him. The sculptured image of Asherah that he made, he placed in the House (the Temple).
"וְהֶֽעֱבִ֤יר [מְנַשֶּׁה] אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעוֹנֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה לַֽעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י ה' לְהַכְעִֽיס׃ וַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר ה'..."
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