2 Chronicles 33:5

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
built	וַיִּ֥בֶן vai.Yi.ven	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
altars	מִזְבְּח֖וֹת miz.be.Chot	H4196	an altar · noun, common feminine plural absolute
host	צְבָ֣א tze.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
two	בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י bish.Tei	H8147	two · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
courts	חַצְר֥וֹת chatz.Rot	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · noun, common both genders plural construct
house	בֵּית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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

2 Chronicles 4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Jeremiah 32:34-35 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Ezekiel 8:7-18 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 33:5

He built altars - See the principal facts in this chapter explained in the notes on 2 Kings 21:1-17 (note).

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.

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 33:4

“In Jerusalem, My name shall be forever” Scripture decries Manasseh, who built altars to pagan deities in the very House concerning which the Holy One, blessed be He, said, “I wish My name to rest there.” The verse stated after this (verse 7) is also an expression of decrying: “And he placed the graven image of the idol that he made in the House of God, concerning which, etc.” And also the verse (8): “And I will not continue to remove Israel’s feet, etc.”

Dictionary and topics

Court — The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king’s palace (2 Kings 20:4).
Church And State · .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion — .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion
Divination · Effected through: Connected with idolatry — Effected through: Connected with idolatry
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh — Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh
Temple, The First · Historical notices of: Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt — Historical notices of: Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt

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).