2 Kings 21:3 (KJV)

Text size

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

☆ Save 🖍 Highlight Read in context →

Cross-references

the high places. 2Ki 18:4 2Ki 18:22 2Ch 32:12 2Ch 34:3

he reared. 2Ki 10:18-20 1Ki 16:31-33 1Ki 18:21 1Ki 18:26

Ahab. 2Ki 8:18 2Ki 8:27 Mic 6:16

and worshipped. 2Ki 17:16 2Ki 23:4 De 4:19 De 17:3 2Ch 33:3-5 Job 31:26

a grove.Rather, as we have before remarked, Asherah or Astarte. So Castel defines Asherah to be {Simulacrum ligneum Astartæ dicatum;} "A wooden image dedicated to Astarte."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain