He misused his privileged position as king to promote false worship and “did on a grand scale what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah, to offend him. ”
فقد استغل مركزه العالي كملك لترويج العبادة الباطلة « وأكثرَ عمل الشر في عيني الرب لإغاظته » .‏