Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
Cut in pieces
Shut up
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Bible References
Cut in pieces
2 Kings 16:17
Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the water carts and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took the reservoir from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.
2 Kings 25:13
Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars of the Lord’s temple, the water carts, and the bronze reservoir, which were in the Lord’s temple, and carried the bronze to Babylon.
Shut up
2 Chronicles 29:3
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
He made
2 Chronicles 33:3
He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.
Jeremiah 2:28 But where are your gods you made for yourself?
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Hosea 12:11 Since Gilead is full of evil,
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks
on the furrows of a field.
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks
on the furrows of a field.
Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
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Ezekiel 16:16
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!