2 Chronicles 33:3
in 2 Chronicles 33For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
KJV
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAltars for Baalim - The Sun and Moon. And made groves, אשרות Asheroth, Astarte, Venus; the host of heaven, all the Planets and Stars. These were the general objects of his devotion.
This site's exposition
rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down
on 2 Chronicles 33:3-6
The list matches 2 Kings 21:3-6 point for point: high places rebuilt, “altars for the Baals”, “Asherah poles” and the host of heaven worshiped. He “sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom” and practiced sorcery and divination, the practices Deuteronomy 18 forbids by name.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֗שָׁב | vaiyashov | and he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּמ֔וֹת | habamot | the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִתַּ֖ץ | nitatz | he had pulled down | H5422 → | 42 times |
| יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ | yechizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיָּ֨קֶם | vaiyakem | and he set up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| מִזְבְּח֤וֹת | mizbechot | altars | H4196 → | 401 times |
| לַבְּעָלִים֙ | labealim | to the Baals | H1168 → | 82 times |
| וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת | ʾasherot | Asherah poles | H842 → | 40 times |
| וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ | vaiyishtachu | and he bowed down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צְבָ֣א | tzeva' | [the] host of | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד | vaiyaavod | and he served | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וַיָּ֗שָׁבand he returned
vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times
וַיִּ֙בֶן֙and he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּמ֔וֹתthe high places
habamotH1116 →102 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִתַּ֖ץhe had pulled down
nitatzH5422 →42 times
יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּHezekiah
yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וַיָּ֨קֶםand he set up
vaiyakemH6965 →628 times
מִזְבְּח֤וֹתaltars
mizbechotH4196 →401 times
לַבְּעָלִים֙to the Baals
labealimH1168 →82 times
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אֲשֵׁר֔וֹתAsherah poles
ʾasherotH842 →40 times
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙and he bowed down
vaiyishtachuH7812 →172 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
צְבָ֣א[the] host of
tzeva'H6635 →485 times
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דand he served
vaiyaavodH5647 →288 times
אֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites…
- 2 Kings 18:4
Through
2 Chronicles 30:14They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 28:24
Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street…
- 2 Chronicles 28:24
Through
Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served…
- 2 Kings 21:3
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped…
- Exodus 34:13
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
- 2 Kings 17:16
Through
Deuteronomy 17:3and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
- Jeremiah 32:35
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered…
- Jeremiah 7:22–23
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
- Jeremiah 7:31
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