2 Kings 21:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.

1 Kings 8:29

This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshipped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn towards it and pray.

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 23:12

Some of the kings of Judah, especially Manasseh, had built altars in the two courts of the temple and in the room that Ahaz had built on the palace roof. Josiah had these altars torn down and smashed to pieces, and he had the pieces thrown into Kidron Valley, just outside Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:27

The LORD said, “I will desert the people of Judah, just as I deserted the people of Israel. I will reject Jerusalem, even though I chose it to be mine. And I will abandon this temple built to honour me.”

Exodus 20:24

Build an altar out of earth, and offer on it your sacrifices of sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I choose to be worshipped, I will come down to bless you.

Jeremiah 32:34

They have set up disgusting idols in my temple, and now it isn't a fit place to worship me.

Jeremiah 32:35

And they led Judah into sin by building places to worship Baal in Hinnom Valley, where they also sacrificed their sons and daughters to the god Molech. I have never even thought of telling them to commit such disgusting sins.

Jeremiah 7:30

You have disobeyed me by putting your disgusting idols in my temple, and now the temple itself is disgusting to me.

Ezekiel 23:38

They came into my temple that same day, and that made it unfit as a place to worship me. They have even stopped respecting the Sabbath.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Soon you will cross the Jordan, and the LORD will help you conquer your enemies and let you live in peace, there in the land he has given you. But after you are settled, life will be different. You must not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to. Instead, the LORD will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship him. All your sacrifices and offerings must be taken there, including sacrifices to please the LORD and any gift you promise or voluntarily give him. That's where you must also take one tenth of your grain, wine, and olive oil, as well as the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. You and your family and servants will eat your gifts and sacrifices and celebrate there at the place of worship, because the LORD your God has made you successful in everything you have done. And since Levites will not have any land of their own, you must ask some of them to come along and celebrate with you. Sometimes you may want to kill an animal for food and not as a sacrifice. If the LORD has blessed you and given you enough cows or sheep or goats, then you can butcher one of them where you live. You can eat it just like the meat from a deer or gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. But you must not eat the blood of any animal—let the blood drain out on the ground.