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2 Kings 21:5

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He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the House of Adonai.

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

The surrounding great courtyard had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams, the same as the inner court of the House of Adonai and the portico of the House.

The king also tore down the altars made by the kings of Judah on the roof—the upper chamber of Ahaz and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the House of Adonai. He smashed them suddenly there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the kohen gadol , the kohanim of the second order and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Temple of Adonai all the vessels made for Baal and Asherah, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took their ashes to Bethel.

He stopped the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained from burning incense on the high places in the towns of Judah and around Jerusalem, as well those burning incense to Baal, the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

Then he brought out the Asherah pole from the House of Adonai to Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust and threw its dust over the graves of the common people.

He also removed the foreign gods and idols from the House of Adonai, as well as all the altars that he had built on the mount of the House of Adonai and in Jerusalem and threw them outside the city.

He also built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the House of Adonai.

Then he made the courtyard of the kohanim and the great courtyard and doors for the courtyard. He overlaid the doors with bronze.

Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements.

Then he brought me into the inner court toward the east. He measured it with the same measurements.

Its pillars were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its pillars, on this side and on that side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Then he measured the court. It was 100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide, a square. The altar was in front of the House.

Opposite the 20 cubit space belonging to the inner court and opposite the pavement belonging to the outer court was gallery by gallery in three stories.

The Ruach took me up and brought me into the inner court. Then behold, the glory of Adonai filled the House.

Before they go out to the outer court—to the outer courtyard to the people—they must take off their garments in which they minister and leave them in the holy chambers. They will put on other garments, so they do not consecrate the people while in their garments.

So He brought me into the inner court of Adonai’s House. Behold, at the door of the Temple of Adonai, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men, with their backs toward the Temple of Adonai and their faces toward the east—and they were bowing in worship eastward toward the sun.




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