2 Chronicles 33:3

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.

2 Chronicles 33:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:3

(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:3)

2 Chronicles 33:3 In-Context

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

3 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.

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

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

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 31:1
• 2. Deuteronomy 16:21; 2 Kings 23:5, 6

Footnotes

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