3. Manasseh rebuilt the high places. His father Hezekiah had destroyed them. Manasseh also set up altars to the god Baal. He made a pole that was used to worship the goddess Asherah. Ahab, the king of Israel, had done those same things. Manasseh even bowed down to all of the stars. And he worshiped them.
4. He built altars in the Lord's temple. The Lord had said about his temple, "I will put my Name there in Jerusalem."
5. In both courtyards of the Lord's temple Manasseh built altars to honor all of the stars.