"And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD." — 2 Kings 21:5

2 Kings 21:5 · KJV

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

— 2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke {him} to anger.

2 Kings 21 — Context

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 host of heaven, and served them.

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

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

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

Cross References

1 Kings 7:12

And the great court round about {was} with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

2 Kings 23:12

And the altars that {were} on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake {them} down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. {brake...: or, ran from thence}

1 Kings 6:36

And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

Ezekiel 40:37

And the posts thereof {were} toward the utter court; and palm trees {were} upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it {had} eight steps.

Ezekiel 42:3

Over against the twenty {cubits} which {were} for the inner court, and over against the pavement which {was} for the utter court, {was} gallery against gallery in three {stories}.

Ezekiel 40:28

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

2 Chronicles 33:5

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

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