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2 Kings 21:3

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3 For he rebuilt the high places 1that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made 2an Asherah, 3as Ahab king of Israel had done, 4and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
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2 Kings 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:3

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his
father had destroyed
The temples and altars upon them, see ( 2 Kings 18:4 ) ,

and he reared up altars for Baal;
in the high places he rebuilt:

and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel:
which was either an idol itself, or a shade of trees where idols were placed; or rather Asherah, rendered "a grove", is the same with Astarte, the goddess of the Zidonians, the figure of which he made and worshipped; for groves were not so soon and easily planted, raised, and made; so the same in ( 1 Kings 16:33 )

and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them:
the sun, moon, and stars, particularly the planets Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venus.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 21:3 In-Context

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.
3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name."
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

Cross References 4

  • 1. 2 Kings 18:4
  • 2. See Deuteronomy 16:21
  • 3. 1 Kings 16:32, 33
  • 4. 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 23:5; [Deuteronomy 4:19]
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