2 Kings 21:3 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 21:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּ֗שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
וַיִּ֨בֶן֙
bânâh
H1129
to build
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַבָּמ֔וֹת
bâmâh
H1116
high place
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אִבַּ֖ד
ʼâbad
H6
to perish
חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ
Chizqîyâh
H2396
Hezekiah
אָבִ֑יו
ʼâb
H1
father
וַיָּ֨קֶם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת
mizbêach
H4196
altar
לַבַּ֗עַל
Baʻal
H1168
Baal
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
אֲשֵׁרָה֙
ʼăshêrâh
H842
Asherah
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָשָׂ֗ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
אַחְאָב֙
ʼAchʼâb
H256
Ahab
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
לְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
צְבָ֣א
tsâbâʼ
H6635
army
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
אֹתָֽם
ʼêth
H853
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World English Bible Public Domain
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he returned and built the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed. And he set up altars for Baal, and he made an Asherah, just as Ahab, the king of Israel, had done. And he prostrated himself to the whole army of the heavens, and he served them.
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