Verse 3

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, set up altars to the Baals, made Asherah poles, and worshipped all the stars of the sky and served them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han gjenopprettet de kultstedene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned og reiste altere for Baalene. Han laget Asjera-stolper og tilbad hele himmelens hær.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For han bygde opp igjen haugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned. Han reiste altere for Baalene, laget lunder og tilbad hele himmelens hær og tjente dem.

• Norsk King James

  For han bygde opp de høye stedene som hans far Hiskia hadde brutt ned, og han reiste altarer til Baalim, laget helligdommer, tilba de himmelske maktene, og tjenestegjorde for dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned, reiste altere for Baal og lagde Asjera-støtter, og tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han gjenreiste offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned. Han bygget altere for Baalene, laget Ashera-pæler, og tilbad hele himmelens hær og dyrket dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han bygde opp igjen de offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned, og han reiste altere for Baalene, laget lunder, tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han gjenbygde de høye stedene som Hezekiah, hans far, hadde revet ned, og han reiste altere til Baalim, anlagde lunde, tilbad himmelens hærskarer og tjente dem.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For han bygde opp igjen de offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned, og han reiste altere for Baalene, laget lunder, tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han gjenoppbygde offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned, reiste altere for Baalene, laget Asjera-påler og tilba hele himmelens hærskare og dyrket dem.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han gjenoppbygde offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde ødelagt, reiste altere for Baalene, laget Asjera-stolper og tilbad hele himmelens hærskare og dyrket dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi han byggede igjen de Høie, som Ezechias, hans Fader, havde nedbrudt, og opreiste Altere til Baalim, og gjorde Lunde, og tilbad for al Himmelens Hær og tjente dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For han bygde opp igjen de offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned, og han reiste altere for Ba'alene, og lagde lundene, og tilba alle stjernehærenes himmelske hær, og tjente dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned; og han reiste altere for Ba'alene, og laget Asjera-staver, og tilba hele himmelens hær, og tjente dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned, reiste altere for Ba'alene, lagde avgudsbilder og tilba himmelens hærskare og dyrket dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned; og han reiste altere for Baalene, lagde Ashera-stolper, tilba himmelens hær, og tjente dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned, og han laget altere for Baalene, og trestolper, og tilba og tjente alle himmelens hærskarer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and buylded the hye places, ( which his father Ezechies had broken downe) and set vp altares vnto Baalim, and made groues, and worshipped all the hoost of heauen, and serued them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he went backe and built the hie places, which Hezekiah his father had broken downe: and he set vp altars for Baalim, and made groues, and worshipped all the hoste of the heauen, and serued them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he went to, and buylt the high places whiche Hezekia his father had broken downe: And he reared vp aulters for Baalim, and made groues, and worshipped all the hoast of heauen, and serued them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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 and worshiped them.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 16:21 : 21 You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will set up for yourself.
• 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 When all this had been completed, all the Israelites who were present went out to the towns of Judah and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished the high places and the altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them completely. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, each to their own property.
• Deut 17:3 : 3 and they go and worship other gods, bowing down to them, or to the sun, the moon, or the stars in the sky, which I have not commanded,
• 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and smashed the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been burning incense to it, calling it Nehushtan.
• 2 Kgs 23:5-6 : 5 He also removed the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem. He removed those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, the constellations, and all the host of heaven. 6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the Lord to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to ashes, and threw the ashes on the graves of the common people.
• 2 Chr 30:14 : 14 They removed the altars in Jerusalem, as well as all the incense altars, and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And be careful not to lift your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the host of heaven—and be led astray to bow down to them and worship them, things the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• 2 Kgs 23:11 : 11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun at the entrance to the house of the Lord, near the room of Nathan-Melech, the eunuch, which was in the colonnades. He also burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
• 2 Chr 28:2-4 : 2 Instead, he followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even made cast images for the Baals. 3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, following the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
• 2 Kgs 21:3 : 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, set up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and served them.
• Judg 2:11-13 : 11 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals. 12 They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger. 13 They abandoned the LORD and worshipped Baal and the Ashtaroth.
• 1 Kgs 14:23 : 23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred stones, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
• 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Hasn't the same Hezekiah removed his high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it'?
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.
• Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
• Jer 8:2 : 2 They will spread them out before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they loved, served, followed, sought, and worshiped. They will not be gathered or buried but will be like dung on the surface of the ground.
• Jer 17:2 : 2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside the green trees on the high hills.
• Jer 19:13 : 13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on their roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.
• Zeph 1:5 : 5 I will also cut off those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the starry host, those who bow and swear by the Lord but also swear by Milcom.
• Acts 7:42 : 42 But God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me offerings and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?'