And he set a graven image of the Asherah pole that he had made 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 tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever.

Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, only if 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."

And he brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem unto the Brook Kidron, and burned it at the Brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever."

that Thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which Thou hast said, `My name shall be there,' that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall make toward this place.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:

"This is My rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

but I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there, and have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

"If Thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever Thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which Thou hast chosen and toward the house that I have built for Thy name,

and so return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and pray unto Thee toward their land which Thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which Thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for Thy name--

However I will not rend away all the kingdom, but will give one tribe to thy son for David My servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."

(but he shall have one tribe for My servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.