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2 Kings 21:5

Sin

3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

4 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

7 Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

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BSB
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
KJV
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
WEB
He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the LORD’s house.
ASV
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
DARBY
And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
BLB
And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of YHWH.
ÅB
For hele himmelens hær bygget han altere i begge forgårdene til Herrens hus.
OTB
For han bygde altere for hele himmelens hær i de to forgårdene til Herrens hus.
B1930
For hele himmelens hær bygget han altere i begge forgårdene til Herrens hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 7:12

    The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Kings 23:4

    Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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  • 2 Kings 23:12

    He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

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  • 1 Kings 6:36

    Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

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  • 2 Kings 23:6

    He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

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  • Ezekiel 40:28

    Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:5

    In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

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  • Ezekiel 42:3

    Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

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