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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Kings 21:4

He erected altars in the house of Adonai , about which Adonai had said, "In Yerushalayim I will put my name."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Groves;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Manasseh;   Rulers;   Temple;   The Topic Concordance - Jerusalem;   Name;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;   Kings;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Manasseh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Manasseh, king of judah;   Temple;   Zephaniah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Ethics;   Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abomination of Desolation;   Manasseh (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baal;   High Place;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Israel;   Manasseh;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Manasseh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Moloch;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moloch;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   High Place;   Idolatry;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”
Hebrew Names Version
He built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Yerushalayim will I put my name.
King James Version
And he built altars in the house of the Lord , of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
English Standard Version
And he built altars in the house of the Lord , of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name."
New Century Version
The Lord had said about the Temple, "I will be worshiped in Jerusalem," but Manasseh built altars in the Temple of the Lord .
New English Translation
He built altars in the Lord 's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my home."
Amplified Bible
And he built [pagan] altars in the house (temple) of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My Name (Presence)."
New American Standard Bible
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."
World English Bible
He built altars in the house of Yahweh, whereof Yahweh said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also he built altars in the house of the Lorde, of the which the Lorde saide, In Ierusalem will I put my Name.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."
Berean Standard Bible
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My Name."
Contemporary English Version
In the temple, where only the Lord was supposed to be worshiped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods
Darby Translation
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Easy-to-Read Version
He built altars to honor false gods in the Lord 's Temple. (This is the place the Lord was talking about when he said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem.")
George Lamsa Translation
And he built an altar in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Good News Translation
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the Lord had said was where he should be worshiped.
Lexham English Bible
He built altars in the temple of Yahweh about which Yahweh had said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem."
Literal Translation
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem I will put My name.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And buylded altares in the LORDES house, wherof the LORDE sayde: I wyll set my name at Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Bible in Basic English
And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he buylt aulters in the house of the Lord, of which the Lorde sayde: in Hierusalem will I put my name.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem will I put My name.'
King James Version (1611)
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord sayd, In Ierusalem will I put my Name.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name.
English Revised Version
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bildide auteris in the hows of the Lord, of which the Lord seide, Y schal sette my name in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, whereof Yahweh said, In Jerusalem I will put my name.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
New King James Version
He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."
New Living Translation
He built pagan altars in the Temple of the Lord , the place where the Lord had said, "My name will remain in Jerusalem forever."
New Life Bible
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."
New Revised Standard
He built altars in the house of the Lord , of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my name."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he used to build altars in the house of Yahweh, - concerning which Yahweh had said, - In Jerusalem, will I put my Name.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name.
Revised Standard Version
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name."
Young's Literal Translation
And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, `In Jerusalem I put My name.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."

Contextual Overview

1 M'nasheh was twelve years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for fifty-five years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Heftzibah. 2 He did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, following the disgusting practices of the nations whom Adonai had expelled ahead of the people of Isra'el. 3 For he rebuilt the high places Hizkiyahu his father had destroyed; he erected altars for Ba‘al and made an asherah, as had Ach'av king of Isra'el; and he worshipped all the army of heaven and served them. 4 He erected altars in the house of Adonai , about which Adonai had said, "In Yerushalayim I will put my name." 5 He erected altars for all the army of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Adonai . 6 He made his son pass through the fire [as a sacrifice]. He practiced soothsaying and divination and appointed mediums and persons who used spirit guides. He did much that was evil from Adonai 's perspective, thus provoking him to anger. 7 He set the carved image for the asherah he had made in the house concerning which Adonai had told David and Shlomo his son, "In this house and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Isra'el, I will put my name forever. 8 Also I will not have the feet of Isra'el wander any longer out of the land which I gave their ancestors — if only they will take heed to obey every order I have given them and live in accordance with all the Torah that my servant Moshe ordered them to obey." 9 But they did not take heed; and M'nasheh misled them into doing even worse things than the nations Adonai had destroyed ahead of the people of Isra'el.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he built: 2 Kings 16:10-16, Jeremiah 32:34

In Jerusalem: Exodus 20:24, Deuteronomy 12:5, 2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 9:3, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 78:69, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:13 - for Jerusalem's 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 2 Kings 23:5 - all the host 2 Kings 23:27 - My name 2 Chronicles 7:16 - my name 2 Chronicles 33:4 - he built Jeremiah 7:10 - which is called Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 11:13 - up altars Jeremiah 19:4 - estranged Jeremiah 32:31 - this city Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 7:20 - but Ezekiel 23:38 - they have Ezekiel 23:39 - thus Ezekiel 43:8 - setting 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

Cross-References

Genesis 21:10
so Sarah said to Avraham, "Throw this slave-girl out! And her son! I will not have this slave-girl's son as your heir along with my son Yitz'chak!"
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Avraham, "Don't be distressed because of the boy and your slave-girl. Listen to everything Sarah says to you, because it is your descendants through Yitz'chak who will be counted.
Genesis 21:22
(vi) At that time Avimelekh and Pikhol the commander of his army spoke to Avraham. They said, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 21:23
Therefore, swear to me here by God that you will never deal falsely with me or with my son or grandson; but according to the kindness with which I have treated you, you will treat me and the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.
Exodus 12:48
If a foreigner staying with you wants to observe Adonai 's Pesach, all his males must be circumcised. Then he may take part and observe it; he will be like a citizen of the land. But no uncircumcised person is to eat it.
Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day, the baby's foreskin is to be circumcised.
Deuteronomy 12:32
Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land Adonai , the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on earth. You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, whether on high mountains, on hills, or under some leafy tree. Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their gods. Exterminate their name from that place. "But you are not to treat Adonai your God this way. Rather, you are to come to the place where Adonai your God will put his name. He will choose it from all your tribes; and you will seek out that place, which is where he will live, and go there. You will bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tenths [that you set aside for Adonai ], the offerings that you give, the offerings you have vowed, your voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your cattle and sheep. There you will eat in the presence of Adonai your God; and you will rejoice over everything you set out to do, you and your households, in which Adonai your God has blessed you. You will not do things the way we do them here today, where everyone does whatever in his own opinion seems right; because you haven't yet arrived at the rest and inheritance which Adonai your God is giving you. But when you cross the Yarden and live in the land Adonai your God is having you inherit, and he gives you rest from all your surrounding enemies, so that you are living in safety; (ii) then you will bring all that I am ordering you to the place Adonai your God chooses to have his name live — your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tenths, the offering from your hand, and all your best possessions that you dedicate to Adonai ; and you will rejoice in the presence of Adonai your God — you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves and the Levi staying with you, inasmuch as he has no share or inheritance with you. "Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings just anywhere you see, but do it in the place Adonai will choose in one of your tribal territories; there is where you are to offer your burnt offerings and do everything I order you to do. However, you may slaughter and eat meat wherever you live and whenever you want, in keeping with the degree to which Adonai your God has blessed you. The unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer. But don't eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. "You are not to eat on your own property the tenth of your grain, new wine or olive oil [that you set aside for Adonai ], or the firstborn of your cattle or sheep, or any offering you have vowed, or your voluntary offering, or the offering from your hand. No, you are to eat these in the presence of Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God will choose — you and your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levi who is your guest; and you are to rejoice before Adonai your God in everything you undertake to do. As long as you are living on your property, take care not to abandon the Levi. "When Adonai your God expands your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat,' simply because you want to eat meat, then you may eat meat, as much as you want. If the place which Adonai your God chooses to place his name is too far away from you; then you are to slaughter animals from your cattle or sheep, which Adonai has given you; and eat on your own property, as much as you want. Eat it as you would gazelle or deer; the unclean and clean alike may eat it. Just take care not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you are not to eat the life with the meat. Don't eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water. Do not eat it, so that things will go well with you and with your children after you, as you do what Adonai sees as right. Only the things set aside for God which you have, and the vows you have vowed to make, you must take and go to the place which Adonai will choose. There you will offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of Adonai your God. The blood of your sacrifices is to be poured out on the altar of Adonai your God, and you will eat the meat. Obey and pay attention to everything I am ordering you to do, so that things will go well with you and with your descendants after you forever, as you do what Adonai sees as good and right. (iii) "When Adonai your God has cut off ahead of you the nations you are entering in order to dispossess, and when you have dispossessed them and are living in their land; be careful, after they have been destroyed ahead of you, not to be trapped into following them; so that you inquire after their gods and ask, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I want to do the same.' You must not do this to Adonai your God! For they have done to their gods all the abominations that Adonai hates! They even burn up their sons and daughters in the fire for their gods!
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous before God, observing all the mitzvot and ordinances of Adonai blamelessly.
Luke 1:59
On the eighth day, they came to do the child's b'rit-milah. They were about to name him Z'kharyah, after his father,
Luke 2:21
On the eighth day, when it was time for his b'rit-milah, he was given the name Yeshua, which is what the angel had called him before his conception.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he built altars in the house of the Lord,.... In the holy place, as distinct from the courts in the next verse; and these were sacred to the idols of the Gentiles:

of which the Lord said, in Jerusalem will I put my name; in the temple there, devoted to his service, called by his name, and where his name was called upon, see Deuteronomy 12:5 and to erect altars to idols here must be very abominable to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “altars” of this verse seem to be the same with those of 2 Kings 21:5, and consequently were not in the temple building, but in the outer and inner courts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 21:4. Built altars — He placed idolatrous altars even in the temple.


 
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