2 Kings 21:3
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| Overview - 2 Kings 21 | |
| 1 | Manasseh's reign. |
| 3 | His great idolatry. |
| 10 | His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah. |
| 17 | Amon succeeds him. |
| 19 | Amon's wicked reign. |
| 23 | He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by the people, Josiah is made king. |
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2 Kings 21:3 (King James Version)
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
- the high places
- 2 Kings 18:4 2 Kings 18:22 2 Chronicles 32:12 ; 34:3
- he reared
- 10:18-20 1 Kings 16:31-33 ; 1 Kings 18:21 1 Kings 18:26
- a grove
- Rather, as we have before remarked, Asherah or Astarte. So Castel defines Asherah to be {Simulacrum ligneum Astart dicatum;} "A wooden image dedicated to Astarte."
- Ahab
- 2 Kings 8:18 2 Kings 8:27 Micah 6:16
- and worshipped
- 17:16 23:4 Deuteronomy 4:19 ; 17:3 2 Chronicles 33:3-5 ; Job 31:26