2 Kings 21:2-3

21:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ²  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. 21:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ³  and worshiped ⁴  them.

[21:2]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:2]  ² tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[21:3]  ³ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:16.

[21:3]  ⁴ tn Or “served.”