"And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD." — 2 Chronicles 33:5

2 Chronicles 33:5 · KJV

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

— 2 Chronicles 33:5

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2 Chronicles 33 — Context

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. {he built...: Heb. he returned and built}

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

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

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:9

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

Ezekiel 8:7-18

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

Jeremiah 32:34-35

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