Parallel Verses English Standard Version For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. King James Bible 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. American Standard Version For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. Douay-Rheims Bible And he turned, and built up the high places which Ezechias his father had destroyed: and he set up altars to Baal, and made groves, as Achab the king of Israel had done: and he adored all the host of heaven, and served them. English Revised Version For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. Webster's Bible Translation For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. 2 Kings 21:3 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe words, "of thy sons, which shall proceed from thee, which thou shalt beget," do not necessarily refer to the actual sons, but only to lineal descendants. The Chethb יקּח, "will one take," is to be preferred to the יקּחוּ of Isaiah and the Keri, as being the more difficult reading. סריסים, chamberlains, courtiers, not necessarily eunuchs, as in 1 Samuel 8:15, etc. - For the fulfilment of this threat see Daniel 1:2. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the high places. he reared. a grove. Rather, as we have before remarked, Asherah or Astarte. So Castel defines Asherah to be {Simulacrum ligneum Astart? dicatum}; 'A wooden image dedicated to Astarte.' Ahab. and worshipped. Job 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; Cross References Deuteronomy 4:19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 16:21 "You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the LORD your God that you shall make. Deuteronomy 17:2 "If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant, Deuteronomy 20:18 that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you sin against the LORD your God. 1 Kings 16:31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. 2 Kings 17:16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal. 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan). Jump to Previous Ahab Altars Army Asherah Baal Built Destroyed Erected Grove Heaven Hezekiah High Host Israel Places Reared Rebuilt Served Sky Worshiped WorshippedJump to Next Ahab Altars Army Asherah Baal Built Destroyed Erected Grove Heaven Hezekiah High Host Israel Places Reared Rebuilt Served Sky Worshiped WorshippedLinks 2 Kings 21:3 NIV2 Kings 21:3 NLT 2 Kings 21:3 ESV 2 Kings 21:3 NASB 2 Kings 21:3 KJV 2 Kings 21:3 Bible Apps 2 Kings 21:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 21:3 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 21:3 French Bible 2 Kings 21:3 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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