'Thus' in the Bible

Hiram-abi crafted the pots, shovels, and basins, thus completing the work that he did for King Solomon on the Temple of God;

and established high places in every city of Judah where incense was burned to other gods, thus provoking the LORD God of his ancestors to anger.

He burned his sons as an offering in the Ben-hinnom Valley, practiced fortune-telling, witchcraft, sorcery, and communicated with mediums and separatists. He did a lot of things that the LORD considered to be evil, thus provoking him.

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, thus purging Judah and Jerusalem.