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2 Chronicles 33:3-5
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 33:3-5
New English Translation
3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky[a] and worshiped[b] them. 4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”[c] 5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
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- 2 Chronicles 33:3 tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsevaʾ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 tn Or “served.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:4 tn Heb “In Jerusalem my name will be permanently.”
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