What was given to God as a gift became the object of their faith. They were certain that God was with them and would protect and bless them because they had the temple . From their misguided perception, God was obligated to bless and protect them because they had the temple. Their basic concept of God reverted to the concept of the gods. They saw the temple as serving the role and purposes of the temples of the gods.
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