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2 Kings 21:3 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 21 · verse 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.2 Kings 21:3 · King James Version
2 Kings 21:3 in context
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzibah.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
3For 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.
4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyedʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- HezekiahChizqîyâhChizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other IsraelitesH2396 →
- placesbâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- altarsmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- groveʼăshêrâhAsherah a Phoenician goddessH842 →
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