2 Chronicles 33:5

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

American Standard 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 Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

6He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

Jeremiah 32:34But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

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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