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2 Kings 21:3
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And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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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.
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And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
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Verse Text
For he built upH1129 againH7725 the high placesH1116 which HezekiahH2396 his fatherH1 had destroyedH6; and he reared upH6965 altarsH4196 for BaalH1168, and madeH6213 a groveH842, as didH6213 AhabH256 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478; and worshippedH7812 all the hostH6635 of heavenH8064, and servedH5647 them.
וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַבָּמֹות אֲשֶׁר אִבַּד חִזְקִיָּהוּ אָבִיו וַיָּקֶם מִזְבְּחֹת לַבַּעַל וַיַּעַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּעֲבֹד אֹתָם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יָּ֗שָׁב |
va/i.Ya.shov | H7725 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he returned |
וַ/יִּ֨בֶן֙ |
va/i.Yi.ven | H1129 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he built |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
הַ/בָּמ֔וֹת |
ha./ba.Mot | H1116 | HTd/Ncfpa | the/ high places |
אֲשֶׁ֥ר |
'a.Sher | H834 | HTr | which |
אִבַּ֖ד |
'i.Bad | H6 | HVpp3ms | he had destroyed |
חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ |
chiz.ki.Ya.hu | H2396 | HNp | Hezekiah |
אָבִ֑י/ו |
'a.Vi/v | H1 | HNcmsc/Sp3ms | father/ his |
וַ/יָּ֨קֶם |
va/i.Ya.kem | H6965 | HC/Vhw3ms | and/ he set up |
מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת |
miz.be.Chot | H4196 | HNcmpa | altars |
לַ/בַּ֗עַל |
la./Ba.'al | H1168 | HRd/Np | to (the)/ Baal |
וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ |
va/i.Ya.'as | H6213 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he made |
אֲשֵׁרָה֙ |
'a.she.Rah | H842 | HNp | an Asherah pole |
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר |
ka./'a.Sher | H834 | HR/Tr | just/ as |
עָשָׂ֗ה |
'a.Sah | H6213 | HVqp3ms | he had done |
אַחְאָב֙ |
'ach.'Av | H256 | HNp | Ahab |
מֶ֣לֶךְ |
Me.lekh | H4428 | HNcmsc | (the) king of |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ |
va/i.yish.Ta.chu | H7812 | HC/Vtw3ms | and/ he bowed down |
לְ/כָל |
le./khol | H3605 | HR/Ncmsc | to/ all |
צְבָ֣א |
tze.Va' | H6635 | HNcbsc | (the) host of |
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם |
ha./sha.Ma.yim | H8064 | HTd/Ncmpa | the/ heavens |
וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹ֖ד |
va/i.ya.'a.Vod | H5647 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he served |
אֹתָֽ/ם |
'o.Ta/m | H853 | HTo/Sp3mp | (obj.)/ them |
- H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
- H6 — אָבַד (ʼâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
- H256 — אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'): once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח and אָב; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon; Ahab.
- H842 — אֲשֵׁרָה (ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw'): or אֲשֵׁירָה; from אָשַׁר; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same; grove. Compare עַשְׁתֹּרֶת.
- H1116 — בָּמָה (bâmâh, bam-maw'): from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
- H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
- H1168 — בַּעַל (Baʻal, bah'-al): the same as בַּעַל; Baal, a Phoenician deity; Baal, (plural) Baalim.
- H2396 — חִזְקִיָּה (Chizqîyâh, khiz-kee-yaw'): or חִזְקִיָּהוּ; also יְחִזְקִיָּה; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from חָזַק and יָהּ; strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites; Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare יְחִזְקִיָּה.
- H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
- H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
- H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
- H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
- H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
- H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
- H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
- H7812 — שָׁחָה (shâchâh, shaw-khaw'): a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God); bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
- H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- Ahab — 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:27, Micah 6:16
- and worshipped — Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 17:3, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Chronicles 33:3-5, Job 31:26
- he reared — 1 Kings 16:31-33, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 18:26, 2 Kings 10:18-20
- the high places — 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 18:22, 2 Chronicles 32:12, 2 Chronicles 34:3
Reciprocal references (14): Genesis 2:1, Deuteronomy 16:21, 1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 14:9, 1 Kings 14:23, 1 Kings 16:33, 2 Kings 23:5, 2 Kings 23:24, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 23:27, Ezekiel 16:15, Ezekiel 16:24, Hosea 2:13, Acts 7:42
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: FALSE WORSHIP
- Torrey’s: ALTARS
- Nave’s: BAAL, GROVES, IDOLATRY, ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING, MANASSEH, RULERS, STARS
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