2 Kings 21:5

And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, 'In Jerusalem I put My name.'

6and he hath caused his son to pass through fire, and observed clouds, and used enchantment, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah — to provoke to anger.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:36And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.

2 Kings 23:4And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

2 Kings 23:12And the altars that [are] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 33:5And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 8:16And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.

Ezekiel 40:32And he bringeth me in unto the inner court eastward, and he measureth 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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