2 Kings 21:5

Modern English Version

He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:36

He built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone and a row of cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:12

The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewed stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the Lord and the porch of the house.

2 Kings 23:12

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 the Lord the king tore down and banished from there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 23:4

The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the implements that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. Then he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:5

Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 23:6

He brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord to the outside of Jerusalem, to the Kidron Valley. Then he burned it at the Kidron Valley, crushed it to dust, and threw its dust upon the graves of the people.

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he removed the foreign gods and statues from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he built on the hill of the house of the Lord and Jerusalem, and he cast them outside the city.

2 Chronicles 33:5

And he built altars for the starry assembly of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 4:9

Then he made the court of the priests and the great enclosure and the doors for the enclosure, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

Ezekiel 40:28

He brought me to the inner court by the south gate. And he measured the south gate according to these same measurements.

Ezekiel 40:32

He brought me into the inner court facing east. And he measured the gate according to these same measurements.

Ezekiel 40:37

Its posts faced the outer court. And palm tree ornaments were on its posts, on this side and on that side. And its staircase had eight steps.

Ezekiel 40:47

So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits wide, foursquare. And the altar was before the temple.

Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

Ezekiel 43:5

So the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

Ezekiel 44:19

When they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which 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.

Ezekiel 8:16

He brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east. And they worshipped the sun toward the east.