Thematic Bible: Brazen serpent places devoted to idolatry


Thematic Bible



And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he put the vessels into the store-house of his god.

And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.

And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.

They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.

But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.


And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.

So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.

So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.

Because Ephraim has been increasing altars for sin, altars have become a cause of sin to him.

For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain