Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 33:3
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 worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
3. Baalim ] R.V. the Baalim. Baal was the title of the supreme God of the Canaanites, who was worshipped in different places under somewhat different aspects; hence the plural (“Baalim”) here. The altars would be distributed through the country to suit the convenience of the people.
groves ] R.V. Asheroth; cp. 2Ch 14:3 (note).
the host of heaven ] Cp. 2Ki 17:16; Jer 8:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 3. Altars for Baalim] The SUN and MOON. And made groves, Asheroth, Astarte, VENUS; the host of heaven, all the PLANETS and STARS. These were the general objects of his devotion.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ki 21:3]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) For.And. (See margin.)
Broken down.2Ch. 23:17; 2Ch. 31:1 (threw down). Kings has destroyed (ibbad).
Baalim.The Baalsi.e., the different images of Baal. Kings has the singular, both here and in the next word, groves, or rather Asheras (Ashrth; Kings, Ashrah). The latter plural is rhetorical: Manasseh made such things as Asheras. (Comp. also the use of the plural in 2Ch. 32:31, and the passages there referred to.) Kings adds: as Ahab king of Israel made.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 33:3 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.
Ver. 3. For he built again. ] Heb., He returned, and built. He returned, but not to God. Whilst his father lived, he seemed to hate the high places; but now he changed his mind, but for the worse: profecit in peius. See 2Ki 21:3 .
He worshipped all the host of heaven.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
groves = ‘Asheroth. See App-42.
the host of heaven. Compare Deu 17:3.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he built again: Heb. he returned and built, Ecc 2:19, Ecc 9:18
which Hezekiah: 2Ch 30:14, 2Ch 31:1, 2Ch 32:12, 2Ki 18:4, 2Ki 21:3
he reared: 2Ch 28:2-4, Jdg 2:11-13
made groves: Deu 16:21, 1Ki 14:23, Jer 17:2
the host: Deu 4:19, Deu 17:3, 2Ki 23:5, 2Ki 23:6, 2Ki 23:11, Jer 8:2, Jer 19:13, Zep 1:5, Act 7:42
Reciprocal: Jdg 3:7 – the groves 2Ki 23:4 – to bring 2Ch 24:18 – And they left 2Ch 28:24 – he made 2Ch 33:15 – he took 2Ch 34:4 – brake down 2Ch 34:25 – Because Isa 2:8 – is full Eze 16:24 – thou hast