For (A)he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and (B)he erected altars for Baal and made an [a]Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he (C)worshiped all the heavenly [b]lights and served them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 21:3 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
  2. 2 Kings 21:3 Lit host

He rebuilt the high places(A) his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal(B) and made an Asherah pole,(C) as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts(D) and worshiped them.

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Then (A)he put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “(B)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

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He took the carved Asherah pole(A) he had made and put it in the temple,(B) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(C) forever.

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For (A)he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; (B)he also set up altars for the Baals and made [a]Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly [b]lights and served them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:3 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:3 Lit host

He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles.(A) He bowed down(B) to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.

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