For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed, 2 Kings 18:4. the places of worship which had always been in use contrary to the Lord's wish; and he reared up altars for Baal, the chief idol of the Canaanite nations, and made a grove, an Asherah statue consecrated to the female idol Astarte, as did Ahab, king of Israel, distinguished for his idolatry, 1 Kings 16:32; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them, this being the star- or planet-worship of the Assyrians.

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