The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:3
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. read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:2
The abominations of the heathen (see Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ). read more