2 Kings 21:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷ He made a graven image of [the goddess] Asherah and set it in the house, of which the Lord 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 [and the pledge of My presence] forever;

⁸ And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.

⁹ But they would not listen; and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations did whom the Lord destroyed before the Israelites!