For he built up
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
again
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
the high places
bamah (bam-maw')
an elevation -- height, high place, wave.
which Hezekiah
Chizqiyah (khiz-kee-yaw')
strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites -- Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah.
his father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
had destroyed
'abad (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
and he reared up
quwm (koom)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
altars
mizbeach (miz-bay'-akh)
an altar -- altar.
for Baal
Ba`al (bah'-al)
Baal, a Phoenician deity -- Baal, (plural) Baalim.
and made
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
a grove
'asherah (ash-ay-raw')
happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same -- grove.
as did
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Ahab
'Ach'ab (akh-awb')
brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon -- Ahab.
king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and worshipped
shachah (shaw-khaw')
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
all the host
tsaba' (tsaw-baw')
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
of heaven
shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
and served
`abad (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
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