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He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/33.htm">New Living Translation</a> He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had broken down. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/33.htm">English Standard Version</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/33.htm">King James Bible</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/33.htm">New King James Version</a> For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; he also set up altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly lights and served them. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/33.htm">NASB 1995</a> For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Indeed, he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had torn down; and he erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For he rebuilt the [idolatrous] high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; and he set up altars for the Baals and made the Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven [the sun, the moon, stars and planets] and served them. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served them. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/33.htm">American Standard Version</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He rebuilt the local shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He built altars for the god Baal and set up sacred poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah. And he continued to worship the stars. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/33.htm">English Revised Version</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He set up altars dedicated to other gods-the Baals-and made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Good News Translation</a> He rebuilt the pagan places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He built altars for the worship of Baal, made images of the goddess Asherah, and worshiped the stars. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/33.htm">International Standard Version</a> He re-established the high places that his father Hezekiah had demolished, he built altars to the Baals, erected Asherim, and worshipped and served the armies of heaven. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/33.htm">NET Bible</a> He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/33.htm">World English Bible</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and he turns and builds the high places that his father Hezekiah has broken down, and raises altars for Ba‘alim, and makes Asherim, and bows himself to all the host of the heavens, and serves them. <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them. <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will turn back and build the heights which Hezekiah his father pulled down; and he will raise up altars for the Baals, and he will make statues, and worship to all the army of the heavens, and he will serve them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he turned, and built again the high places which Ezechias his father had destroyed: and he built altars to Baalim, and made groves, and he adored all the host of heaven, and worshipped them. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And turning away, he repaired the high places, which had been demolished by his father, Hezekiah. And he constructed altars to the Baals, and made sacred groves. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/33.htm">New American Bible</a> He rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had torn down. He set up altars to the Baals, and also made asherahs. He bowed down to the whole host of heaven and served them. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had pulled down, and erected altars to the Baals, made sacred poles, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For he built again the altars which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he built shrines for the idols and made images of leopards, and worshipped them. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he turned and built the altars which Hezekiah his father had pulled down, and he erected high places for idols, and made leopards and he bowed to them, and he worshiped all the hosts of Heaven in the two courts of the house of LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he returned and built the high places, which his father Ezekias had pulled down, and set up images to Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=8792" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Manasseh Reigns in Judah</a> …2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 3<a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">For he rebuilt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: hab·bā·mō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">the high places</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father</a> <a href="/hebrew/2396.htm" title="2396: yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah has strengthened, a king of Judah, also several other Isr. ">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5422.htm" title="5422: nit·taṣ (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To pull down, break down. A primitive root; to tear down.">had torn down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">and he raised up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ (N-mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: lab·bə·‘ā·lîm (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">for the Baals</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and made</a> <a href="/hebrew/842.htm" title="842: ’ă·šê·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Or masheyrah; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.">Asherah poles.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: way·yiš·ta·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">And he worshiped</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">and served</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā (N-csc) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">the host</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of heaven.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> 4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3</a> For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-3</a> Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. / Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place. <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a> They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. <a href="/1_kings/16-32.htm">1 Kings 16:32-33</a> First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. / Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him. <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10</a> They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a> They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a> They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a> I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you. <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5-7</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? / Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these? / On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a> Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols. <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28</a> When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings. <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a> They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. <a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Acts 7:43</a> You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.<a href="/ecclesiastes/2-19.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:19</a> And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.<a href="/ecclesiastes/9-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:18</a> Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.which Hezekiah<a href="/2_chronicles/30-14.htm">2 Chronicles 30:14</a> And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.<a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a> Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.<a href="/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12</a> Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?he reared<a href="/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2-4</a> For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim… <a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a> And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: … made groves<a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Deuteronomy 16:21</a> Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.<a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a> For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.<a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2</a> Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.the host<a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a> And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.<a href="/deuteronomy/17-3.htm">Deuteronomy 17:3</a> And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;<a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5,6,11</a> And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; 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The "high places" were sites of worship often located on elevated ground. Hezekiah, known for his religious reforms, had destroyed these sites to centralize worship in Jerusalem and eliminate idolatry (<a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a>). Manasseh's actions represent a reversal of his father's reforms, indicating a return to idolatrous practices. This reflects a broader pattern in Israel's history where kings alternated between faithfulness to Yahweh and idolatry, highlighting the struggle between covenant faithfulness and cultural assimilation.and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles The Baals were Canaanite deities associated with fertility and storms, and worship of Baal was a persistent temptation for Israel (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a>). Asherah poles were wooden symbols representing the goddess Asherah, often placed near altars to Baal. These practices were explicitly forbidden in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Deuteronomy 16:21-22</a>). Manasseh's actions indicate a syncretism, blending the worship of Yahweh with Canaanite religious practices, which was a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). This syncretism was a significant issue for Israel, leading to prophetic condemnation and eventual judgment.And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven This phrase indicates the worship of celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and stars, which was common in the ancient Near East. Such practices were condemned in the Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a>) and were seen as a form of idolatry that diverted worship from the Creator to the creation. This type of worship was prevalent in Assyrian and Babylonian cultures, suggesting that Manasseh was influenced by these foreign powers. Theologically, this represents a rejection of Yahweh's sovereignty and a turning to created things for guidance and blessing, which is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature as a cause for divine judgment (<a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Jeremiah 8:2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a> The king of Judah who reigned after his father Hezekiah. Known for his idolatrous practices and leading Judah into sin. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> Manasseh's father, a king of Judah who was known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to rid Judah of idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/h/high_places.htm">High Places</a> Elevated sites often used for idol worship, which Hezekiah had destroyed but Manasseh rebuilt. 4. <a href="/topical/b/baals.htm">Baals</a> Canaanite deities associated with fertility and storms, worshiped through various rituals and sacrifices. 5. <a href="/topical/a/asherah_poles.htm">Asherah Poles</a> Wooden symbols representing the goddess Asherah, often placed near altars to Baal. 6. <a href="/topical/h/host_of_heaven.htm">Host of Heaven</a> Refers to celestial bodies like the sun, moon, and stars, which were worshiped as deities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads individuals and nations away from God, resulting in spiritual and moral decay. Reflect on modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or the elevation of personal desires above God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_leadership.htm">The Influence of Leadership</a> Leaders have a profound impact on the spiritual direction of their people. Manasseh's actions led Judah into sin, highlighting the responsibility of leaders to guide others toward righteousness. Consider the influence you have in your community and how you can lead others toward God. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_heritage.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Heritage</a> Hezekiah's efforts to rid Judah of idolatry were undone by his son, Manasseh. This underscores the importance of maintaining and passing on a godly legacy. Evaluate how you are preserving and passing on your faith to the next generation. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Although not detailed in this verse, Manasseh eventually repented, showing that God's grace is available even to those who have strayed far from Him. Embrace the hope of restoration through genuine repentance and turning back to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 33</a> <a href="/q/who_was_king_manasseh_in_the_bible.htm">Who was King Manasseh in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_the_rediscovered_law_book_credible.htm">(2 Chronicles 34:8–18) How credible is the claim that a long-lost book of the Law was rediscovered in the Temple after being forgotten for generations? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_claim_ignorance_in_jer_32_35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35: Why would God claim ignorance of child sacrifices if other passages suggest He is omniscient and aware of every human action?</a> <a href="/q/archaeological_proof_for_2_kings_21_3-9.htm">Is there any archaeological proof supporting the extensive idolatrous practices detailed in 2 Kings 21:3-9?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) For.--And. (See margin.)Broken down.--<a href="/2_chronicles/23-17.htm" title="Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.">2Chronicles 23:17</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm" title="Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.">2Chronicles 31:1</a> ("threw down"). Kings has "destroyed" ('ibbad).Baalim.--The Baals--i.e., the different images of Baal. Kings has the singular, both here and in the next word, "groves," or rather Asheras ('Ash?roth; Kings, 'Ash?rah). The latter plural is rhetorical: Manasseh made such things as Asheras. (Comp. also the use of the plural in <a href="/2_chronicles/32-31.htm" title="However, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.">2Chronicles 32:31</a>, and the passages there referred to.) Kings adds: "as Ahab king of Israel made."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - He built again; literally, returned and built - the ordinary Hebrew idiom for "took again to building," etc. Made groves; i.e. as often before the stocks that set forth Ashtoreth (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Deuteronomy 16:21</a>). The parallel gives prominence to the one Asherah, ten times offensive, as set up in the house of the Lord (ver. 7 there). The mention of his pantheon of the host of heaven is an addition to the wickedness of former wicked kings. It is also noted in the parallel. <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For he rebuilt וַיָּ֗שָׁב (way·yā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again the high places הַבָּמ֔וֹת (hab·bā·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> An elevation that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that his father אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father Hezekiah יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ (yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2396.htm">Strong's 2396: </a> Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites had torn down, נִתַּ֖ץ (nit·taṣ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5422.htm">Strong's 5422: </a> To pull down, break down and he raised up וַיָּ֨קֶם (way·yā·qem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand altars מִזְבְּח֤וֹת (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar for the Baals לַבְּעָלִים֙ (lab·bə·‘ā·lîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> Baal -- a heathen god and made וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make Asherah poles. אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת (’ă·šê·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_842.htm">Strong's 842: </a> A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same And he worshiped וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (way·yiš·ta·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> To depress, prostrate and served וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד (way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the host צְבָ֣א (ṣə·ḇā) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign of heaven. הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 33:3 For he built again the high places (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 33:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 33:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 33:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 33:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>