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.
1 tnHeb “in the eyes of.”
2 tnHeb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”