2 Kings 21:5

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Summary

2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

In the two courts

General references

2 Kings 23:32

Jeremiah 32:34

Ezekiel 8:7

Bible References

In the two courts

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

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

So the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house.

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

Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.

Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was

gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories.

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

General references

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.