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2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of LORD.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

In Context

4And he built altars in the house of LORD, of which LORD said, In Jerusalem I will put my name.

6And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with psychics, and with sorcery. He wrought much evil in the sight of LORD to provoke him to anger.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

2 Kings 23:4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for a

2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of LORD, the king broke down, and beat [them] down from the

2 Chronicles 33:5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of LORD.

Ezekiel 8:16And he brought me into the inner court of LORD's house. And, behold, at the door of the temple of LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of LORD, and their faces toward

Ezekiel 40:32And he brought me into the inner court toward the east. And he measured the gate according to these measures,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:2-10

Manasseh's Impious Reign. ( b. c. 698.) 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the… Read the whole commentary →

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