Verse 3

For he built{H1129} again{H7725} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H3169} his father{H1} had broken down;{H5422} and he reared up{H6965} altars{H4196} for the Baalim,{H1168} and made{H6213} Asheroth,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} them.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 16:21 : 21 Thou shalt not plant{H5193} thee an Asherah{H842} of any kind of tree{H6086} beside{H681} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} which thou shalt make{H6213} thee.
  • 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 Now when all this was finished,{H3615} all Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672} went out{H3318} to the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and brake{H7665} in pieces{H7665} the pillars,{H4676} and hewed down{H1438} the Asherim,{H842} and brake down{H5422} the high places{H1116} and the altars{H4196} out of all Judah{H3063} and Benjamin,{H1144} in Ephraim{H669} also and Manasseh,{H4519} until they had destroyed{H3615} them all. Then all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} returned,{H7725} every man{H376} to his possession,{H272} into their own cities.{H5892}
  • Deut 17:3 : 3 and hath gone{H3212} and served{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} them, or the sun,{H8121} or the moon,{H3394} or any of the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} which I have not commanded;{H6680}
  • 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed{H5493} the high places,{H1116} and brake{H7665} the pillars,{H4676} and cut down{H3772} the Asherah:{H842} and he brake in pieces{H3807} the brazen{H5178} serpent{H5175} that Moses{H4872} had made;{H6213} for unto those days{H3117} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did burn incense{H6999} to it; and he called{H7121} it Nehushtan.{H5180}
  • 2 Kgs 23:5-6 : 5 And he put down{H7673} the idolatrous priests,{H3649} whom the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had ordained{H5414} to burn incense{H6999} in the high places{H1116} in the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and in the places round about{H4524} Jerusalem;{H3389} them also that burned incense{H6999} unto Baal,{H1168} to the sun,{H8121} and to the moon,{H3394} and to the planets,{H4208} and to all the host{H6635} of heaven.{H8064} 6 And he brought out{H3318} the Asherah{H842} from the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} without{H2351} Jerusalem,{H3389} unto the brook{H5158} Kidron,{H6939} and burned{H8313} it at the brook{H5158} Kidron,{H6939} and beat{H1854} it to dust,{H6083} and cast{H7993} the dust{H6083} thereof upon the graves{H6913} of the common{H1121} people.{H5971}
  • 2 Chr 30:14 : 14 And they arose{H6965} and took away{H5493} the altars{H4196} that were in Jerusalem,{H3389} and all the altars for incense{H6999} took they away,{H5493} and cast{H7993} them into the brook{H5158} Kidron.{H6939}
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest thou lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto heaven,{H8064} and when thou seest{H7200} the sun{H8121} and the moon{H3394} and the stars,{H3556} even all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} thou be drawn{H5080} away and worship{H7812} them, and serve{H5647} them, which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath allotted{H2505} unto all the peoples{H5971} under the whole heaven.{H8064}
  • 2 Kgs 23:11 : 11 And he took away{H7673} the horses{H5483} that the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had given{H5414} to the sun,{H8121} at the entrance{H935} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} by the chamber{H3957} of Nathan-melech{H5419} the chamberlain,{H5631} which was in the precincts;{H6503} and he burned{H8313} the chariots{H4818} of the sun{H8121} with fire.{H784}
  • 2 Chr 28:2-4 : 2 but he walked in{H3212} the ways{H1870} of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} and made{H6213} also molten images{H4541} for the Baalim.{H1168} 3 Moreover he burnt incense{H6999} in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} and burnt{H1197} his children{H1121} in the fire,{H784} according to the abominations{H8441} of the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 4 And he sacrificed{H2076} and burnt incense{H6999} in the high places,{H1116} and on the hills,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree.{H6086}
  • 2 Kgs 21:3 : 3 For he built{H1129} again{H7725} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H2396} his father{H1} had destroyed;{H6} and he reared up{H6965} altars{H4196} for Baal,{H1168} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} as did{H6213} Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} them.
  • Judg 2:11-13 : 11 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and served{H5647} the Baalim;{H1168} 12 and they forsook{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} who brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and followed{H3212} other{H312} gods,{H430} of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} that were round about{H5439} them, and bowed{H7812} themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah{H3068} to anger.{H3707} 13 And they forsook{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} and served{H5647} Baal{H1168} and the Ashtaroth.{H6252}
  • 1 Kgs 14:23 : 23 For they also built{H1129} them high places,{H1116} and pillars,{H4676} and Asherim,{H842} on every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086}
  • 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah{H3169} taken away{H5493} his high places{H1116} and his altars,{H4196} and commanded{H559} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} one{H259} altar,{H4196} and upon it shall ye burn incense?{H6999}
  • Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knoweth{H3045} whether he will be a wise{H2450} man or a fool?{H5530} yet will he have rule{H7980} over all my labor{H5999} wherein I have labored,{H5999} and wherein I have showed myself wise{H2449} under the sun.{H8121} This also is vanity.{H1892}
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than weapons{H3627} of war;{H7128} but one{H259} sinner{H2398} destroyeth{H6} much{H7235} good.{H2896}
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 and they shall spread{H7849} them before the sun,{H8121} and the moon,{H3394} and all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} which they have loved,{H157} and which they have served,{H5647} and after{H310} which they have walked,{H1980} and which they have sought,{H1875} and which they have worshipped:{H7812} they shall not be gathered,{H622} nor be buried,{H6912} they shall be for dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}
  • Jer 17:2 : 2 whilst their children{H1121} remember{H2142} their altars{H4196} and their Asherim{H842} by the green{H7488} trees{H6086} upon the high{H1364} hills.{H1389}
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 and the houses{H1004} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and the houses{H1004} of the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} which are defiled,{H2931} shall be as the place{H4725} of Topheth,{H8612} even all the houses{H1004} upon whose roofs{H1406} they have burned incense{H6999} unto all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and have poured out{H5258} drink-offerings{H5262} unto other{H312} gods.{H430}
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 and them that worship{H7812} the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} upon the housetops;{H1406} and them that worship,{H7812} that swear{H7650} to Jehovah{H3068} and swear{H7650} by Malcam;{H4428}
  • Acts 7:42 : 42 But{G1161} God{G2316} turned,{G4762} and{G2532} gave{G3860} them{G846} up{G3860} to serve{G3000} the host{G4756} of heaven;{G3772} as{G2531} it is written{G1125} in{G1722} the book{G976} of the prophets,{G4396} Did ye offer{G4374} unto me{G3427} slain beasts{G4968} and{G2532} sacrifices{G2378} Forty{G5062} years{G2094} in{G1722} the wilderness,{G2048} O house{G3624} of Israel?{G3361}