2 Kings 23:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² And the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Aḥ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And the altars on the roof 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, [Josiah] pulled down and beat them in pieces, and he [ran and] cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And the altars that were on the roof 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 Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Common English Bible

¹² The king also tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz’s upper story, which had been made by the Judean kings, and he did the same with the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple. He broke them up there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Also, the altars which were upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.

2 Kings 23:12 Cross References

1 Kings 15:13

And he also removed Maʽ

2 Kings 10:26

and brought out the pillars of the house of Baʽ

2 Kings 21:4

And he built altars in the House of יהוה, of which יהוה  had said, “In Yerushalayim I put My Name.”

2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courtyards of the House of יהוה.

2 Kings 23:4

Then the sovereign commanded Ḥ

2 Kings 23:6

And he brought out the Ashĕ

2 Chronicles 15:16

And he also removed Maʽ

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he removed the foreign mighty ones and the idol from the House of יהוה, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the House of יהוה  and in Yerushalayim, and he threw them out of the city.

2 Chronicles 33:5

And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courtyards of the House of יהוה.

Jeremiah 19:13

“And the houses of Yerushalayim and the houses of the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 31:40

“And all the valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the wadi Qiḏ

Zephaniah 1:4

“And I shall stretch out My hand against Yehuḏ

Zephaniah 1:5

and those bowing down to the host of the heavens on the house-tops, and those bowing themselves, swearing by יהוה  and swearing by Malkam;

Deuteronomy 22:8

“When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not bring blood-guilt on your house when one falls from it.