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2 Kings 21:5

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

And he built {H1129} altars {H4196} for all the host {H6635} of heaven {H8064} in the two {H8147} courts {H2691} of the house {H1004} of the LORD {H3068}.

He erected altars for all the army of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of ADONAI.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 7:12 (5 votes)

    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.
  • 1 Kings 6:36 (3 votes)

    And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
  • 2 Kings 23:12 (3 votes)

    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.
  • 2 Kings 23:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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 Bethel.
  • 2 Kings 23:6 (2 votes)

    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.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:5 (2 votes)

    And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
  • Ezekiel 40:47 (2 votes)

    So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house.
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