He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put my name' — Manasseh's most severe violation consists of constructing altars within the temple itself (בֵּית יְהוָה, *bet YHWH*), the place the LORD had chosen for the divine name. This direct desecration of the sacred house surpasses Ahaz's violations (the Damascene altar) in its explicit rejection of the temple's sanctity. Manasseh places foreign altars within the very edifice dedicated to the LORD.

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