2 Chronicles 33:5

He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.

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

In Context

4Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, “It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever.”

6In the Valley of Ben Hinnom he caused his sons to pass through the fire. He practiced sorcery, divination and he read omens, and he consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. Manasseh did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he provoked him to anger.

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Cross References

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

Jeremiah 32:34They set up their abominable idols in the house that 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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