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 gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the dust of them to Beth-el

And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

Then he took me to the inner square by the south doorway: and he took the measure of the south doorway by these measures;

Opposite the space of twenty cubits which was part of the inner square, and opposite the stone floor of the outer square. There were covered ways facing one another on the third floor.

And the spirit, lifting me up, took me into the inner square; and I saw that the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

General references

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done.

But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

And he took me to the door of the open place; and looking, I saw a hole in the wall.