Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Bible References

On the top

Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become impure like that place Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they have burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
Zephaniah 1:5
those who bow in worship on the rooftops
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;

Which manasseh

2 Kings 21:5
He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 33:5
He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

Cast

2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah pole from the Lord’s temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley, beat it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

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