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2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven, in the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

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Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Baal;   Manasseh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Manasseh, king of judah;   Zephaniah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Ethics;   Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Host of Heaven;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abomination of Desolation;   Manasseh (2);   Sun;   Tombs;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baal;   Divination and Magic;   High Place;   Host of Heaven;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Host of Heaven;   Israel;   Manasseh;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Manasseh ;   Moon;   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 - Adoration;   Alliance;   High Place;   Host of Heaven;   Idolatry;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He built altars to all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
King James Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord .
English Standard Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord .
New Century Version
He built altars to worship the stars in the two courtyards of the Temple of the Lord .
New English Translation
In the two courtyards of the Lord 's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
Amplified Bible
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
He built altars for all the heavenly lights in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he built altars for al the hoste of ye heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Indeed, he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
Contemporary English Version
and for the stars. He placed these altars in both courts of the temple,
Complete Jewish Bible
He erected altars for all the army of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Manasseh built altars for the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the Lord 's Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.
Lexham English Bible
He built an altar to all of the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the temple of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of Jehovah's house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And in both the courtes of the house of the LORDE buylded he altares vnto all the hoost of heaue.
American Standard Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he buylt aulters for all the hoast of heauen, [euen] in two courtes of the house of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And he built altars for all the host of heauen, in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he built an altar to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
English Revised Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bildide auteris to al the knyythod of heuene in the twei large places of the temple of the Lord;
Update Bible Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
New King James Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
New Living Translation
He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the Lord 's Temple.
New Life Bible
Manasseh built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two open spaces of the Lord's house.
New Revised Standard
He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he built altars to all the army of the heavens, - in the two courts of the house of Yahweh;
Revised Standard Version
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Haphsiba. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the idols of the nations, which the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel. 3 And he turned, and built up the high places, which Ezechias, his father, had destroyed: and he set up altars to Baal, and made groves, as Achab, the king of Israel, had done: and he adored all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven, in the two courts of the temple of the Lord. 6 And he made his son pass through fire: and he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers, to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him. 7 He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord: concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever. 8 And I will no more make the feet of Israel to be moved out of the land, which I gave to their fathers: only if they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, according to the law which my servant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not: but were seduced by Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the two courts: 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Kings 23:6, 1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 7:12, 2 Chronicles 33:5, 2 Chronicles 33:15, Ezekiel 40:28, Ezekiel 40:32, Ezekiel 40:37, Ezekiel 40:47, Ezekiel 42:3, Ezekiel 43:5, Ezekiel 44:19

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:12 - which Manasseh 2 Chronicles 33:4 - he built Jeremiah 8:2 - and all Jeremiah 11:13 - up altars Jeremiah 19:4 - estranged Ezekiel 8:7 - General 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

Cross-References

Genesis 17:1
And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?
Romans 4:19
And he was not weak in faith. Neither did he consider his own body, now dead (whereas he was almost an hundred years old), nor the dead womb of Sara.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he built altars for all the host of heaven,.... Sun, moon, and stars:

in the two courts of the house of the Lord; in the court of the priests, and in the court of the people; and all this must be supposed to be done, not as soon as he began to reign, but when he was grown up to man's estate, and had children, as the next verse shows; unless it can be thought that those nobles in Judah, who liked not the reformation made by Hezekiah, took the advantage of his youth, and advised him to these idolatries.


 
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