2 Chronicles 33:4 “Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD…”

2 Chronicles 33:4

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

World English Bible

He built altars in the LORD’s house, of which the LORD said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

American Standard Version

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had saide, In Ierusalem shall my Name be for euer.

Darby Translation

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, 'In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'

Bible in Basic English

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

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Cross references

“he built”

2 Chronicles 33:15 Jeremiah 7:30 2 Chronicles 34:3 2 Chronicles 34:4 2 Kings 21:4 2 Kings 21:5

2 Chronicles 33:15 · BSB

He 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.

Jeremiah 7:30 · BSB

For 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.

2 Chronicles 34:3 · BSB

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carv…

2 Chronicles 34:4 · BSB

Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and…

2 Kings 21:4 · BSB

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

2 Kings 21:5 · BSB

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

“In Jerusalem”

2 Chronicles 7:16 2 Chronicles 6:6 Deuteronomy 12:11 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 32:19 1 Kings 9:3

2 Chronicles 7:16 · BSB

For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 6:6 · BSB

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Deuteronomy 12:11 · BSB

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to…

1 Kings 8:29 · BSB

May 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.

2 Chronicles 32:19 · BSB

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

1 Kings 9:3 · BSB

And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

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