2 Chronicles 33:3

¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

² And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

⁴ Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

⁵ In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
ASV: For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
DARBY: And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.
BLB: And he turned and built the high places that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he raised up altars for the Baals, and he made Asherah poles, and he worshiped all the host of the heavens and served them.

ÅB: Han bygget opp igjen de offerhauger som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned, og reiste altere for Ba'alene og gjorde Astartebilder, og han tilba hele himmelens hær og dyrket den.
OTB: For han bygde opp igjen de høye stedene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned; han reiste også altere for Ba'alene og laget Ashera-påler, og han tilba alle himmelens hærskarer og tjente dem.
B1930: Han bygget op igjen de offerhauger som hans far Esekias hadde revet ned, og reiste altere for Ba'alene og gjorde Astarte-billeder, og han tilbad hele himmelens hær og dyrket den.

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Cross references

Deuteronomy 16:21
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
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Deuteronomy 17:3
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
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2 Chronicles 31:1
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
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2 Chronicles 30:14
They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
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2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
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Zephaniah 1:5
those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
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