Verse 3

For he built up{H1129}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H2396} his father{H1} had destroyed{H6}{(H8765)}; and he reared up{H6965}{(H8686)} altars{H4196} for Baal{H1168}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} a grove{H842}, as did{H6213}{(H8804)} Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}; and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 17:16 : 16 And they left{H5800}{(H8799)} all the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} them molten images{H4541}, even two{H8147} calves{H5695}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} a grove{H842}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baal{H1168}.
  • 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed{H5493}{(H8689)} the high places{H1116}, and brake{H7665}{(H8765)} the images{H4676}, and cut down{H3772}{(H8804)} the groves{H842}, and brake in pieces{H3807}{(H8765)} the brasen{H5178} serpent{H5175} that Moses{H4872} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}: for unto those days{H3117} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did burn incense{H6999}{(H8764)} to it: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} it Nehushtan{H5180}.
  • Deut 17:3 : 3 And hath gone{H3212}{(H8799)} and served{H5647}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} them, either the sun{H8121}, or moon{H3394}, or any of the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, which I have not commanded{H6680}{(H8765)};
  • 1 Kgs 16:31-33 : 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing{H7043}{(H8738)} for him to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028}, that he took{H3947}{(H8799)} to wife{H802} Jezebel{H348} the daughter{H1323} of Ethbaal{H856} king{H4428} of the Zidonians{H6722}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baal{H1168}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} him. 32 And he reared up{H6965}{(H8686)} an altar{H4196} for Baal{H1168} in the house{H1004} of Baal{H1168}, which he had built{H1129}{(H8804)} in Samaria{H8111}. 33 And Ahab{H256} made{H6213}{(H8799)} a grove{H842}; and Ahab{H256} did{H6213}{(H8800)} more{H3254}{(H8686)} to provoke the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} to anger{H3707}{(H8687)} than all the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} that were before{H6440} him.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest thou lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} thine eyes{H5869} unto heaven{H8064}, and when thou seest{H7200}{(H8804)} the sun{H8121}, and the moon{H3394}, and the stars{H3556}, even all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, shouldest be driven{H5080}{(H8738)} to worship{H7812}{(H8694)} them, and serve{H5647}{(H8804)} them, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath divided{H2505}{(H8804)} unto all nations{H5971} under the whole heaven{H8064}.
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah{H452} came{H5066}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, How long{H5921} halt{H6452}{(H8802)} ye between two{H8147} opinions{H5587}? if the LORD{H3068} be God{H430}, follow him: but if Baal{H1168}, then follow{H3212}{(H8798)}{H310} him. And the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8804)} him not a word{H1697}.
  • 1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} the bullock{H6499} which was given{H5414}{(H8804)} them, and they dressed{H6213}{(H8799)} it, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} on the name{H8034} of Baal{H1168} from morning{H1242} even until noon{H6672}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, O Baal{H1168}, hear{H6030}{(H8798)} us. But there was no{H369} voice{H6963}, nor any that answered{H6030}{(H8802)}. And they leaped{H6452}{(H8762)} upon the altar{H4196} which was made{H6213}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 And he walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the way{H1870} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, as did{H6213}{(H8804)} the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}: for the daughter{H1323} of Ahab{H256} was his wife{H802}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Kgs 8:27 : 27 And he walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the way{H1870} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}, and did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, as did the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}: for he was the son in law{H2860} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}.
  • 2 Kgs 10:18-20 : 18 And Jehu{H3058} gathered{H6908} all the people{H5971} together{H6908}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ahab{H256} served{H5647}{(H8804)} Baal{H1168} a little{H4592}; but Jehu{H3058} shall serve{H5647}{(H8799)} him much{H7235}{(H8687)}. 19 Now therefore call{H7121}{(H8798)} unto me all the prophets{H5030} of Baal{H1168}, all his servants{H5647}{(H8802)}, and all his priests{H3548}; let none{H376} be wanting{H6485}{(H8735)}: for I have a great{H1419} sacrifice{H2077} to do to Baal{H1168}; whosoever shall be wanting{H6485}{(H8735)}, he shall not live{H2421}{(H8799)}. But Jehu{H3058} did{H6213}{(H8804)} it in subtilty{H6122}, to the intent that he might destroy{H6}{(H8687)} the worshippers{H5647}{(H8802)} of Baal{H1168}. 20 And Jehu{H3058} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Proclaim{H6942}{(H8761)} a solemn assembly{H6116} for Baal{H1168}. And they proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)} it.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if ye say{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, We trust{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and hath said{H559}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem{H3389}?
  • 2 Kgs 23:4-5 : 4 And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} Hilkiah{H2518} the high{H1419} priest{H3548}, and the priests{H3548} of the second order{H4932}, and the keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of the door{H5592}, to bring forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} all the vessels{H3627} that were made{H6213}{(H8803)} for Baal{H1168}, and for the grove{H842}, and for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}: and he burned{H8313}{(H8799)} them without{H2351} Jerusalem{H3389} in the fields{H7709} of Kidron{H6939}, and carried{H5375}{(H8804)} the ashes{H6083} of them unto Bethel{H1008}. 5 And he put down{H7673}{(H8689)} the idolatrous priests{H3649}, whom the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had ordained{H5414}{(H8804)} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8764)} 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}.
  • 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah{H3169} taken away{H5493}{(H8689)} his high places{H1116} and his altars{H4196}, and commanded{H559}{(H8799)} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} one{H259} altar{H4196}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8686)} upon it?
  • 2 Chr 33:3-5 : 3 For he built{H1129}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H3169} his father{H1} had broken down{H5422}{(H8765)}, and he reared up{H6965}{(H8686)} altars{H4196} for Baalim{H1168}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} groves{H842}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them. 4 Also he built{H1129}{(H8804)} altars{H4196} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, whereof the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)}, In Jerusalem{H3389} shall my name{H8034} be for ever{H5769}. 5 And he built{H1129}{(H8799)} altars{H4196} for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 For in the eighth{H8083} year{H8141} of his reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, while he was yet young{H5288}, he began{H2490}{(H8689)} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} after the God{H430} of David{H1732} his father{H1}: and in the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} year{H8141} he began{H2490}{(H8689)} to purge{H2891}{(H8763)} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} from the high places{H1116}, and the groves{H842}, and the carved images{H6456}, and the molten images{H4541}.
  • Job 31:26 : 26 If I beheld{H7200}{(H8799)} the sun{H216} when it shined{H1984}{(H8686)}, or the moon{H3394} walking{H1980}{(H8802)} in brightness{H3368};
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes{H2708} of Omri{H6018} are kept{H8104}{(H8691)}, and all the works{H4639} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}, and ye walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in their counsels{H4156}; that I should make{H5414}{(H8800)} thee a desolation{H8047}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof an hissing{H8322}: therefore ye shall bear{H5375}{(H8799)} the reproach{H2781} of my people{H5971}.