2 Kings 21:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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 with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and builded vp the hye places which his father Ezechias had destroyed, and sett vp Baals altares, and made groues (as Achab the kynge of Israel dyd) 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 destroyed: and he erected vp altars for Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab King of Israel, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen and serued them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For he went and buylt vp the hygh places whiche Hezekia his father had destroyed, and he reared vp aulters for Baal, and made idol groues as dyd Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the hoast of heauen, and serued them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 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 destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, 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 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he 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 destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, 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 Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 17:16 : 16 They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
  • 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.
  • Deut 17:3 : 3 and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
  • 1 Kgs 16:31-33 : 31 And as if it had been a trivial 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 worshipped him. 32 He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
  • 1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 And they took the bull which was given them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
  • 2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 8:27 : 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
  • 2 Kgs 10:18-20 : 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever is missing, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
  • 2 Kgs 23:4-5 : 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
  • 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?
  • 2 Chr 33:3-5 : 3 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. 4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD, where the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.' 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images.
  • Job 31:26 : 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and the inhabitants a hissing; therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 33:2-6
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    95%

    2But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For 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.

    4He also built altars in the house of the LORD, where the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.'

    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

    6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed times, used enchantments, used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards; he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52-53
    2 verses
    83%

    52And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

    53For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4-7
    4 verses
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    4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put my name.'

    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

    6And he made his son pass through the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists: he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

    7And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'

  • 1 Kgs 16:31-33
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    80%

    31And as if it had been a trivial 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 worshipped him.

    32He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.

    33And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

  • 2 Kgs 21:21
    80%

    21And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    79%

    2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 28:2-4
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    78%

    2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for Baalim.

    3Moreover, he burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

    4He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16
    78%

    16They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

    3Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.

    4And he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
    76%

    11Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit idolatry and influenced Judah to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4-5
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    76%

    4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

    5And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    76%

    26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 34:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images.

    4And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.

    14And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

    15Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.

  • 2 Chr 14:3
    75%

    3For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves.

  • Judg 3:7
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    7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

  • 2 Chr 28:25
    75%

    25And in every city of Judah, he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

  • Judg 2:13
    74%

    13And they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

  • 1 Kgs 11:7
    74%

    7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

  • Judg 2:11
    74%

    11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

  • Deut 17:3
    74%

    3and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

  • 2 Kgs 17:11
    73%

    11There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations had done whom the LORD carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger.

  • 1 Kgs 14:23
    73%

    23For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chr 33:22
    73%

    22But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images Manasseh his father had made and served them.

  • 2 Chr 33:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15And he removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

    16And he repaired the altar of the LORD, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
    73%

    12Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?

  • 2 Kgs 23:19
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    19And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

  • 2 Chr 21:13
    72%

    13but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into idolatry as the house of Ahab did, and have also killed your brothers, who were better than you,

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    72%

    7And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 28:23
    72%

    23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, who had struck him, and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.