2 Chronicles 33:3-5

3 For ¹he rebuilt * the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; ²he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

4 ³He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, "My name shall be ⁴in Jerusalem forever."

5 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in ⁵the two courts of the house of the LORD.

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2 Chronicles 33:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 33

This chapter gives an account of the reign of Manasseh, of his idolatries and impieties, 2Ch 33:1-10, of his captivity, humiliation, repentance, and reformation, 2Ch 33:11-17 of his last end, death, and burial, 2Ch 33:18-20 and of the wicked reign of Amon his son, and of his death by his servants, 2Ch 33:21-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 2 Chronicles 31:1
2. Deuteronomy 16:21; 2 Kings 23:5, 6
3. 2 Chronicles 28:24
4. 2 Samuel 7:13; 2 Chronicles 7:16
5. 2 Chronicles 4:9

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[a]. I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity

2 Chronicles 33:3-5

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2 Chronicles 33:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 33

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