2 Chronicles 33:3-5
Common English Bible
3 He rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, set up altars for the Baals, and made sacred poles.[a] He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshipped them. 4 He even built altars in the Lord’s temple, the very place the Lord was speaking about when he said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5 Manasseh built altars for all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
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- 2 Chronicles 33:3 Heb asherot, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah
2 Chronicles 33:3-5
King James Version
3 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.
4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
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2 Chronicles 33:3-5
New King James Version
3 For he rebuilt the [a]high places which Hezekiah his father had (A)broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and (B)made wooden images; and he worshiped (C)all [b]the host of heaven and served them. 4 He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (D)“In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.” 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven (E)in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
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- 2 Chronicles 33:3 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 The gods of the Assyrians
2 Chronicles 33:3-5
English Standard Version
3 For he rebuilt the high places (A)that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made (B)Asheroth, 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, (C)“In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.” 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in (D)the two courts of the house of the Lord.
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