2 Kings 21:5

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In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple, he built altars for the entire army of heaven.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:36

He built the inner courtyard with three courses of finished stones and a course of finished cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:12

The large courtyard had three layers of cut stone blocks and a layer of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the entrance hall.

2 Kings 23:12

the altars that Judah’s kings had made and placed on the roof of Ahaz’s upstairs room, and the altars Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. The king tore them down from there, crushed them, and dumped their rubble in the Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 23:4

Then the king ordered the chief priest Hilkiah, the priests who served under Hilkiah, and the doorkeepers to take out of the Lord’s temple all the utensils that had been made for Baal, Asherah, and the entire army of heaven. Josiah burned the utensils outside Jerusalem in an open field near the Kidron Brook. Then he carried their ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:5

He got rid of the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice at the illegal places of worship in the cities of Judah and all around Jerusalem. They had been sacrificing to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the zodiac, and the entire army of heaven.

2 Kings 23:6

He took the pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah from the temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust, and threw its ashes on the tombs of the common people.

2 Chronicles 33:15

Manasseh got rid of the foreign gods and the idol in the Lord’s temple. He got rid of the altars he had built in the temple on the Lord’s mountain and in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:5

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple, he built altars for the entire army of heaven.

2 Chronicles 4:9

He also made the priests’ courtyard and the large courtyard and its doors. He covered the doors with bronze.

Ezekiel 40:28

Then the man brought me to the inner courtyard through the south gateway. He measured the south gateway. It was the same size as the others.

Ezekiel 40:32

Then the man brought me to the east side of the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway. It was the same size as the others.

Ezekiel 40:37

Its recessed walls faced the outer courtyard. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls, and eight steps led up to the gateway.

Ezekiel 40:47

The man measured the courtyard. It was a perfect square—175 feet long and 175 feet wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the inner courtyard was an area that was 35 feet wide, and opposite the pavement of the outer courtyard were corridors facing corridors on all three stories.

Ezekiel 43:5

The Spirit lifted me and brought me into the inner courtyard. I saw the Lord’s glory fill the temple.

Ezekiel 44:19

When they go out among the people in the outer courtyard, they must take off the clothes that they wore as they served. They must leave their clothes in the side rooms of the holy place and put on other clothes so that they do not transfer the holiness from their clothes to the people.

Ezekiel 8:16

Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple. There at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the entrance and the altar, were about 25 men who had their backs turned to the Lord’s temple. They were facing east and worshiping the rising sun.