2 Kings 21:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.””
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“Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, `In Jerusalem I put My name.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 21:4 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
- 1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 2 Kings 16:10Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.
- 2 Kings 16:11And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.
- 2 Kings 16:16So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
- 2 Kings 23:12He 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.
- 2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
- 2 Chronicles 6:5‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Jeremiah 7:30For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Jeremiah 32:34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Jeremiah 32:35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
- Ezekiel 23:39On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.
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