KJV King James Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
WEB World English Bible
He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 21
2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.
7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
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1 Kings 7:12And 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 6:36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.2 Kings 23:12And 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 23:4And 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.Ezekiel 40:32And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.Ezekiel 40:47So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house.2 Kings 23:6And 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 33:5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.Ezekiel 42:3Over against the twenty [cubits] which [were] for the inner court, and over against the pavement which [was] for the utter court, [was] gallery against gallery in three [stories].2 Chronicles 33:15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast [them] out of the city.Ezekiel 43:5So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.Ezekiel 40:28And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;Ezekiel 40:37And the posts thereof [were] toward the utter court; and palm trees [were] upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it [had] eight steps.Ezekiel 44:19And when they go forth into the utter court, [even] into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
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