2 Kings 21:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and for the stars. He placed these altars in both courts of the temple,

Cross References

1 Kings 6:36

The inner courtyard of the temple had walls made out of three layers of cut stones with one layer of cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:12

The walls around the palace courtyard were made out of three layers of cut stones with one layer of cedar beams, just like the front porch and the inner courtyard of the temple.

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 23:4

Josiah told Hilkiah the priest, the assistant priests, and the guards at the temple door to go into the temple and bring out the things used to worship Baal, Asherah, and the stars. Josiah had these things burnt in Kidron Valley just outside Jerusalem, and he had the ashes carried away to the town of Bethel.

2 Kings 23:5

Josiah also got rid of the pagan priests at the local shrines in Judah and around Jerusalem. These were the men whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices to Baal and to the sun, moon, and stars.

2 Kings 23:6

Josiah had the sacred pole for Asherah brought out of the temple and taken to Kidron Valley, where it was burnt. He then had its ashes ground into dust and scattered over the public cemetery there.

2 Chronicles 33:15

Manasseh also removed the idols and the stone image of the foreign god from the temple, and he gathered the altars he had built near the temple and in other parts of Jerusalem. He threw all these things outside the city.

2 Chronicles 33:5

and for the stars. He placed these altars in both courtyards of the temple

2 Chronicles 4:9

Solomon gave orders to build two courtyards: a smaller one that only priests could use and a larger one. The doors to these courtyards were covered with bronze.

Ezekiel 40:28

We then went into the inner courtyard, through the gate on the south side of the temple. The man measured the gate, and it was the same size as the gates in the outer wall.

Ezekiel 40:32

Next, we went through the east gate to the inner courtyard. The man measured this gate, and it was the same size as the others.

Ezekiel 40:37

and like the other inner gates, its entrance room faced the outer courtyard, and its walls were decorated with carvings of palm trees. Eight steps also led up to this gate.

Ezekiel 40:47

Now the man measured the inner courtyard; it was fifty metres square. I also saw an altar in front of the temple.

Ezekiel 42:3

On one side of them was the ten metres of open space that ran beside the temple, and on the other side was the pavement that circled the outer courtyard. The rooms were arranged in three levels

Ezekiel 43:5

The LORD's Spirit lifted me to my feet and carried me to the inner courtyard, where I saw that the LORD's glory had filled the temple.

Ezekiel 44:19

And before they leave to join the other people in the outer courtyard, they must take off their priestly clothes, then place them in the sacred rooms and put on their ordinary clothes. That way, no one will touch their sacred clothes and be harmed.

Ezekiel 8:16

I was then led into the temple's inner courtyard, where I saw about twenty-five men standing near the entrance, between the porch and the altar. Their backs were to the LORD's temple, and they were bowing down to the rising sun.