2 Chronicles 33:5

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

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 made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

6More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:9Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.

Jeremiah 32:34But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:2-11

The Reign of Manasseh. ( b. c. 662.) 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the… Read the whole commentary →

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