2Ki 21:3, 7, 23:4, 7 | ESV | STEP | For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed , and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah , as Ahab king of Israel had done , and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

a ch. 18:4

bSee Deut. 16:21

c 1 Kgs. 16:32, 33

d ch. 17:16; 23:5; [Deut. 4:19]

e[See ver. 3 above]

f[See ver. 4 above]

g[ch. 25:18; Jer. 52:24]

h ch. 21:3

iSee Deut. 16:21

j ver. 15

k 1 Kgs. 14:24; 15:12; See Deut. 23:17

l[Ezek. 16:16]

m[See ver. 6 above]

2 Kings 21:3

3 For he rebuilt the high places ^athat Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made ^ban Asherah, ^cas Ahab king of Israel had done, ^dand worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

2 Kings 21:7

7 And the carved image of ^eAsherah that he had made he set in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, ^fand in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.

2 Kings 23:4

4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests ^gof the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for ^hBaal, for ⁱAsherah, and for all the host of heaven. ^jHe burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:7

7 And he broke down the houses of ^kthe male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the Lord, ^lwhere the women wove hangings for ^mthe Asherah.