2 Kings 21:5

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 21:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 6:36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
  2. 1 Kings 7:12The 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.
  3. 2 Kings 23:4Then 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.
  4. 2 Kings 23:6He 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 2 Chronicles 4:9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
  7. 2 Chronicles 33:5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
  8. 2 Chronicles 33:15He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
  9. Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
  10. Ezekiel 40:28Next 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.
  11. Ezekiel 40:32And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
  12. Ezekiel 40:37Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
  13. Ezekiel 40:47Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
  14. Ezekiel 42:3Gallery 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.
  15. Ezekiel 43:5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
  16. Ezekiel 44:19When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

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