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2 Kings 21:5

Sin

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 host of heaven, and served them.

4 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.

6 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.

7 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:

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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.

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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.

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  • 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 Beth-el.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Kings 6:36

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

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  • 2 Kings 23:6

    And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

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  • 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;

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  • 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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  • 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.

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