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He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/32.htm">English Standard Version</a> Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “Before one altar you shall worship, and on it you shall burn your sacrifices”? <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’? <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/32.htm">King James Bible</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? <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/32.htm">New King James Version</a> Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it”? <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Is it not the same Hezekiah who removed His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense”? <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/32.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, &#8220You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense &#8220? <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense”? <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall offer offerings up in smoke”? <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Has the same Hezekiah not taken away his [Baal’s] high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before [only] one altar and burn incense on it”? <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove his high places and his altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it”? <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Didn&#8217t Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, &#8220You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it"? <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/32.htm">American Standard Version</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 upon it shall ye burn incense? <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Didn't Hezekiah tear down all except one of the LORD's altars and places of worship? And didn't he tell you people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship at that one place? <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/32.htm">English Revised Version</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 upon it shall ye burn incense? <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Isn't this the same Hezekiah who got rid of the LORD's places of worship and altars and told Judah and Jerusalem, 'Worship and sacrifice at one altar?' <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/32.htm">Good News Translation</a> He is the one who destroyed the LORD's shrines and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship and burn incense at one altar only. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/32.htm">International Standard Version</a> Isn't this the very same Hezekiah who removed this god's high places and altars? Isn't this the same Hezekiah who issued this order to Judah and Jerusalem: "You are to worship in front of only one altar and burn your sacrifices only on it."? <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ?You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices?? <a href="/net/2_chronicles/32.htm">NET Bible</a> Hezekiah is the one who eliminated the LORD's high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, "At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices." <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Hasn't the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense?' <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</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? <a href="/web/2_chronicles/32.htm">World English Bible</a> Hasn’t the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense on it?’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Has Hezekiah himself not turned aside His high places and His altars, and speaks to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, You bow yourselves before one altar and you make incense on it? <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Hath not Hezekiah himself turned aside His high places, and His altars, and speaketh to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar ye bow yourselves, and on it ye make perfume? <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Did not this Hezekiah remove his heights, and his altars? and he will say to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar shall ye worship and upon it shall ye burn incense?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Is it not this same Ezechias, that hath destroyed his high places, and his altars, and commanded Juda and Jerusalem, saying: You shall worship before one altar, and upon it you shall burn incense? <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Is this not the same Hezekiah who destroyed his own high places and altars, and who instructed Judah and Jerusalem, saying: ‘You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense upon it?’ <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/32.htm">New American Bible</a> Has not this same Hezekiah removed the Lord’s own high places and altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall bow down before one altar only, and on it alone you shall offer incense’? <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Was it not this same Hezekiah who took away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, ‘Before one altar you shall worship, and upon it you shall make your offerings’?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Has not the same Hezekiah removed his high places and altars, and commanded Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar and burn incense upon it? <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Where is Hezekiah who removed the high places and the altars and said to those of the house of Yehuda and to its inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Before one altar you shall worship and on it you shall offer up incense’?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</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 upon it shall ye offer? <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Is not this Ezekias who has taken down his altars and his high places and has spoken to Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before this altar and burn incense upon it? <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/32-12.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=8491" 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/32.htm">Sennacherib Boasts Against the LORD</a> …11Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’ 12<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Did not</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/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: hê·sîr (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">remove</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: bā·mō·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">His high places</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·ṯāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">and His altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and say</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: lî·hū·ḏāh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">to Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: wə·lî·rū·šā·lim (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">and Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: tiš·ta·ḥă·wū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2mp) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">‘You must worship</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bê·aḥ (N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">altar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘ā·lāw (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and on it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: taq·ṭî·rū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">you shall burn sacrifices’?</a> 13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?…<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/18-22.htm">2 Kings 18:22</a> But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’? <a href="/isaiah/36-7.htm">Isaiah 36:7</a> But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’? <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a> He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it. <a href="/2_kings/19-10.htm">2 Kings 19:10-13</a> “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. / Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? / Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? ... <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Isaiah 37:10-13</a> “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. / Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? / Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? ... <a href="/2_kings/19-6.htm">2 Kings 19:6-7</a> who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. / Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’” <a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah 37:6-7</a> who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. / Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’” <a href="/2_kings/19-15.htm">2 Kings 19:15-19</a> And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. / Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. / Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. ... <a href="/isaiah/37-15.htm">Isaiah 37:15-20</a> And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: / “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. / Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. ... <a href="/2_kings/19-32.htm">2 Kings 19:32-34</a> So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. / He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD. / I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/isaiah/37-33.htm">Isaiah 37:33-35</a> So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. / He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD. / ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/2_kings/20-1.htm">2 Kings 20:1-11</a> In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, / “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ... <a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm">Isaiah 38:1-8</a> In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” / Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, / saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ... <a href="/matthew/4-10.htm">Matthew 4:10</a> “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” <a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a> “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. / But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?Hath not<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_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4,22</a> He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan… <a href="/isaiah/36-7.htm">Isaiah 36:7</a> But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?<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.Ye shall worship.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13,14,26,27</a> Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: … one altar<a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1</a> Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">Exodus 27:1-8</a> And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits… <a href="/exodus/30-1.htm">Exodus 30:1-6</a> And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/30-16.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-11.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-11.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-21.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-14.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-10.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-27.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-29.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-8.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-22.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-15.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-16.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-18.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-18.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-12.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-8.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/ezra/6-18.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 32</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm">Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifies himself, and encourages his people</a> 9. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-9.htm">Hezekiah and Isaiah pray against the blasphemies of Sennarchib</a> 21. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-21.htm">An angel destroys the host of the Assyrians</a> 24. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-24.htm">Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God gives him a sign of recovery</a> 25. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-25.htm">His proud heart is humbled by God</a> 27. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-27.htm">His wealth and works</a> 31. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-31.htm">His error in the ambassage of Babylon</a> 32. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-32.htm">He dying, Manasseh succeeds him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars Hezekiah, the king of Judah, initiated significant religious reforms during his reign, as recorded in <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/31.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a>. The "high places" were sites of worship often located on elevated ground, where people would offer sacrifices and burn incense, sometimes to Yahweh but often to other gods. These practices were contrary to the centralized worship that God commanded in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-5</a>. Hezekiah's removal of these high places and altars was a return to the covenantal faithfulness required by the Law of Moses, emphasizing the exclusive worship of Yahweh. This action was a direct challenge to the syncretistic practices that had crept into Judah, reflecting Hezekiah's commitment to purifying the nation's worship.and say to Judah and Jerusalem, Hezekiah's reforms were directed towards both Judah, the southern kingdom, and its capital, Jerusalem. This indicates the comprehensive nature of his religious reforms, affecting both the rural areas and the political and spiritual center of the nation. Jerusalem held the temple, the central place of worship, which was to be the focal point of religious life in Israel. By addressing both Judah and Jerusalem, Hezekiah was ensuring that his reforms were implemented throughout the entire kingdom, reinforcing the unity and centralization of worship.‘You must worship before one altar, The insistence on worshiping before "one altar" refers to the altar in the temple in Jerusalem, as prescribed in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13-14</a>. This centralization of worship was intended to prevent idolatry and ensure that the worship of Yahweh was conducted according to His commandments. The temple in Jerusalem was the designated place for sacrifices and offerings, symbolizing God's presence among His people. This directive was a move towards religious purity and unity, aligning with the covenantal stipulations given to Israel.and on it you shall burn sacrifices’? The burning of sacrifices on the altar in Jerusalem was a key aspect of the sacrificial system established in the Mosaic Law. Sacrifices were a means of atonement, thanksgiving, and worship, pointing to the need for reconciliation with God. This phrase underscores the importance of adhering to the divinely instituted means of worship. In a typological sense, the sacrificial system foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself once for all (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>). Hezekiah's reforms, therefore, not only restored proper worship but also pointed forward to the fulfillment of the sacrificial system in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The King of Judah known for his religious reforms, including the removal of high places and altars dedicated to other gods, centralizing worship in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a> The southern kingdom of Israel and its capital, where Hezekiah implemented his reforms to restore proper worship of Yahweh. 3. <a href="/topical/h/high_places_and_altars.htm">High Places and Altars</a> Sites of worship that were often used for idolatrous practices. Hezekiah's removal of these was a significant step in returning the nation to the worship of Yahweh alone. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sennacherib's_invasion.htm">Sennacherib's Invasion</a> The context of this verse is during the Assyrian king Sennacherib's campaign against Judah, where he attempts to undermine the people's trust in Hezekiah's reforms. 5. <a href="/topical/w/worship_at_one_altar.htm">Worship at One Altar</a> Hezekiah's directive to worship at the temple in Jerusalem, emphasizing the centralization of worship and the exclusivity of Yahweh.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_leadership.htm">Faithfulness in Leadership</a> Hezekiah's commitment to removing high places demonstrates the importance of leaders who prioritize faithfulness to God over popular or traditional practices. <a href="/topical/c/centralization_of_worship.htm">Centralization of Worship</a> The directive to worship at one altar underscores the need for unity and purity in worship, avoiding syncretism and idolatry. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_commands.htm">Trust in God's Commands</a> Despite external pressures and threats, Hezekiah's reforms show the importance of trusting and obeying God's commands, even when they seem counterintuitive. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_reformation.htm">Spiritual Reformation</a> Personal and communal reformation requires the removal of idols and a return to true worship, which can be applied to modern life by identifying and removing distractions from our devotion to God. <a href="/topical/r/resilience_against_opposition.htm">Resilience Against Opposition</a> Hezekiah's account encourages believers to stand firm in their faith and convictions, even when faced with ridicule or opposition from the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 32</a> <a href="/q/where's_proof_of_assyrian_defeat_in_2_chr_32.htm">Where is the archaeological confirmation of a large-scale Assyrian defeat in Jerusalem, as described in 2 Chronicles 32?</a> <a href="/q/why_omit_defeat_in_assyrian_records.htm">If Sennacherib's army was supernaturally destroyed, why do Assyrian records (e.g., Sennacherib's Prism) not mention any defeat? (2 Chronicles 32:21)</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_shishak's_invasion.htm">2 Chronicles 12:2 - Is there archaeological or historical evidence outside the Bible confirming Shishak's exact invasion details?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_god_spare_judah_after_intending_punishment.htm">2 Chronicles 12:5-7 - How do we reconcile God's initial intention to punish Judah entirely with His later decision to spare them?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) The same Hezekiah.--Hezekiah himself.Ye shall worship . . . upon it.--Literally, before one altar shall ye worship, and thereon shall ye burn incense. Comp. <a href="/2_kings/18-22.htm" title="But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?">2Kings 18:22</a> : "Is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye worship in Jerusalem?" The chronicler is even more emphatic than Kings in asserting the sole validity of the Brazen Altar in the Temple Court.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - This misrepresenting of Hezekiah's pious actions is thought by some to have been innocent ignorance on the part of Sennacherib. Yet it is scarcely credible. <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Did not הֲלֹא־ (hă·lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no Hezekiah יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ (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 himself הוּא֙ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are remove הֵסִ֥יר (hê·sîr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside His high places בָּמֹתָ֖יו (bā·mō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> An elevation and His altars מִזְבְּחֹתָ֑יו (miz·bə·ḥō·ṯāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar and say וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to Judah לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה (lî·hū·ḏāh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and Jerusalem, וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (wə·lî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel ‘You must worship תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ (tiš·ta·ḥă·wū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> To depress, prostrate before לִפְנֵ֨י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face one אֶחָ֛ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first altar, מִזְבֵּ֧חַ (miz·bê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar and on it וְעָלָ֥יו (wə·‘ā·lāw) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against you shall burn sacrifices’? תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃ (taq·ṭî·rū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">2 Chronicles 32:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 32:12 Has not the same Hezekiah taken away (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 32:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 32:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 32:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 32:13" /></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>