2 Chronicles 33:3 - Exposition

He built again ; literally, returned and built —the ordinary Hebrew idiom for "took again to building," etc. Made groves ; i.e. as often before the stocks that set forth Ashtoreth ( Deuteronomy 16:21 ). The parallel gives prominence to the one Asherah, ten times offensive, as set up in the house of the Lord ( 2 Chronicles 33:7 there). The mention of his pantheon of the host of heaven is an addition to the wickedness of former wicked kings. It is also noted in the parallel.