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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Gill's Exposition
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed,.... The temples and altars upon them, see Kg2 18:4,
and he reared up altars for Baal; in the high places he rebuilt:…
Barnes' Notes
The first step in the re-establishment of idolatry seems to have been the restoration of the high places where Yahweh was professedly worshipped 2Ki 18:22, but with idolatrous rites 1Ki 14:23. The…
Adam Clarke
Made a grove - He made Asherah, the Babylonian Melitta or Roman Venus. See Kg2 17:10, and the observations at the end of that chapter; and see here on Kg2 21:7 (note).
Worshipped all the host of…
How delightful were our meditations on the last reign! How many pleasing views had we of Sion in its glory (that is, in its purity and in its triumphs), of the king in his beauty! (for Isa 33:17…
Cambridge Bible
For he builtup again the high places The R.V. omits -up". On Hezekiah's destruction of the high places, see 2Ch 30:14; 2Ch 31:1.
and he reared up altars for Baal The Chronicler says for -the Baalim",…
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