2 Chronicles 32:12

Is it not, the same Hezekiah, who hath removed his high places, and his altars,—and hath given word to Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar, shall ye bow yourselves down, and, thereupon, shall ye burn incense?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

In Context

11Is not, Hezekiah, persuading you, so as to deliver you up to die with hunger and with thirst, saying,—Yahweh our God, will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

13Will ye not take note, what I have done, I and my fathers, to all the peoples of the countries? Have the gods of the nations of the countries been, at all able, to deliver their country, out of my hand?

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it:

Deuteronomy 12:13Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see;

1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh,—the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereon was the presence-bread;

2 Kings 18:22But, if ye should say unto me, In Yahweh our God, do we trust, Then is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, and said unto Judah, and unto Jerusalem—Before this altar, shall ye bow down, in Jerusalem?

2 Chronicles 30:14Then rose they up, and removed the altars, which were in Jerusalem,-and, all the censers, removed they, and cast them into the Kidron ravine.

Isaiah 36:7But, if thou shouldst say unto me, In Yahweh our God, do we trust, Then is that not he whose high places and whose altars, Hezekiah hath removed, and said unto Judah and unto Jerusalem, Before this altar, shall ye bow yourselves down?

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:10-24

The Destruction of the Assyrians. ( b. c. 713.) 9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out… Read the whole commentary →

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