# what was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God

"what Yahweh our God judged to be evil" or "what Yahweh our God considered to be evil" 

# turned away their faces from the place where Yahweh lives, and turned their backs on it

"abandoned Yahweh's temple and stopped worshiping him" 

# the place where Yahweh lives

"the temple where Yahweh lives"