2 Chronicles 33:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
built	וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ vai.Yi.ven	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
again	וַיָּ֗שָׁב vai.Ya.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
places	הַבָּמ֔וֹת ha.ba.Mot	H1116	an elevation · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
Hezekiah	יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh	H3169	Jechizkijah
father	אָבִ֑יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
down	נִתַּ֖ץ ni.Tatz	H5422	to tear down · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	וַיָּ֨קֶם vai.Ya.kem	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
altars	מִזְבְּח֤וֹת miz.be.Chot	H4196	an altar · noun, common feminine plural absolute
Baalim	לַבְּעָלִים֙ la.be.'a.Lim	H1168	Baal · preposition with the article + noun, masculine plural absolute
made	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
groves	אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת 'a.she.Rot	H842	Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess · noun, feminine plural absolute
worshipped	וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ vai.yish.Ta.chu	H7812	to depress · conjunction + verb, sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
host	צְבָ֣א tze.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
served	וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד vai.ya.'a.Vod	H5647	to work (in any sense) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Deuteronomy 17:3 And hath 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 Chronicles 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down t…
2 Chronicles 30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook…
2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for u…
2 Kings 23:5-6 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and…
Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Jeremiah 19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon w…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:1-10

We have here an account of the great wickedness of Manasseh. It is the same almost word for word with that which we had Kg2 21:1-9, and took a melancholy view of. It is no such pleasing subject that we should delight to dwell upon it again. This foolish young prince, in contradiction to the good example and good education his father gave him, abandoned himself to all impiety, transcribed the abominations of the heathen (Ch2 33:2), ruined the established religion, unravelled his father's glorious reformation (Ch2 33:3), profaned the house of God with his idolatry (Ch2 33:4, Ch2 33:5), dedicated his children to Moloch, and made the devil's lying oracles his guides and his counsellors, Ch2 33:6…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 33:3

Altars for Baalim - The Sun and Moon. And made groves, אשרות Asheroth, Astarte, Venus; the host of heaven, all the Planets and Stars. These were the general objects of his devotion.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old,.... From hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 33:9 the same things are recorded, almost word for word, as in 2 Kings 21:1, see the notes there. See Gill on 2 Kings 21:1.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

Manasseh ruled fifty-five years (697–642 BC), longer than any other king in Judah. The years of his reign included a co-regency with his father, Hezekiah, from 697 to 686 BC. Such a long reign was usually a sign of blessing, even though Manasseh did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Chronicler tells of his humiliation, repentance, and restoration of worship in Judah.

Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Clarke, Gill, Calvin and Keil & Delitzsch are in the public domain; Tyndale Open Study Notes © Tyndale House Publishers, CC BY-SA 4.0 — all from the Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org). Rashi: the Rosenbaum & Silbermann Pentateuch (public domain) and the Judaica Press and Metsudah Tanakh (CC BY), via Sefaria. Spurgeon's Treasury of David: public domain (lyteword's markdown edition, CC0).

Dictionary and topics

Baal · .By the Jews — .By the Jews
Church And State · .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion — .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion
Hezekiah · .Purges the nation of idolatry — .Purges the nation of idolatry
High Places · Built by: Manasseh — Built by: Manasseh
Idolatry · Adopted by the wicked kings — Adopted by the wicked kings
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh — Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).