Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

In the two courts

2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and the whole heavenly host. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
1 Kings 6:36
He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.
1 Kings 7:12
Around the great courtyard, as well as the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the portico of the temple, were three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.
2 Chronicles 33:5
He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
Ezekiel 40:28
Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.
Ezekiel 42:3
Opposite the 35 foot space belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery in three tiers.
Ezekiel 43:5
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
Ezekiel 44:19
Before they go out to the outer court, to the people, they must take off the clothes they have been ministering in, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people through their clothes.

General references

2 Kings 23:32
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestors had done.
Jeremiah 32:34
They have placed their detestable things in the house that is called by My name and have defiled it.
Ezekiel 8:7
Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked there was a hole in the wall.

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