2 Kings 21:5 “In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all th…”

2 Kings 21:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

World English Bible

He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the LORD’s house.

American Standard Version

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he built altars for al the hoste of ye heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lord.

Darby Translation

And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;

Bible in Basic English

And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

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Cross references

“in the two courts”

1 Kings 7:12 2 Kings 23:4 1 Kings 6:36 2 Kings 23:6 2 Chronicles 33:5 2 Chronicles 33:15

1 Kings 7:12 · BSB

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.

2 Kings 23:4 · BSB

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 th…

1 Kings 6:36 · BSB

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

2 Kings 23:6 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 33:5 · BSB

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

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.

Also

2 Kings 23:12

2 Kings 23:12 · BSB

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 th…

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

In context

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

6He 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.

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