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2 Kings 21:3
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 He rebuilt the high places(A) his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal(B) and made an Asherah pole,(C) as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts(D) and worshiped them.
2 Kings 21:3
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 For (A)he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and (B)he erected altars for Baal and made an [a]Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he (C)worshiped all the heavenly [b]lights and served them.
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- 2 Kings 21:3 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
- 2 Kings 21:3 Lit host
2 Kings 21:3
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 For he rebuilt the high places (A)that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made (B)an Asherah, (C)as Ahab king of Israel had done, (D)and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
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2 Kings 21:7
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2 Kings 21:7
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7 He took the carved Asherah pole(A) he had made and put it in the temple,(B) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(C) forever.
2 Kings 21:7
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2 Kings 21:7
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7 Then (A)he put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “(B)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.
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2 Kings 21:7
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2 Kings 21:7
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7 And the carved image of (A)Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, (B)and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
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