13 occurrences

'Altars' in the Bible

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars.

Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's Works

And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsRoadsSacrilegeBuilding AltarsShutting Doors

And they got to work and took away all the altars in Jerusalem, and they put all the vessels for burning perfumes into the stream Kidron.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Satan's Works

Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, till all were gone. Then all the children of Israel went back to their towns, every man to his property.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationSacrifice, In OtStonesAnnihilationDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Give worship before one altar only, burning offerings on it?

Verse ConceptsHigh Places

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

Verse ConceptsBuilding Altars

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Altars

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

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionStarsTemples, HeathenBuilding Altars

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

Verse ConceptsReformationBuilding AltarsDestruction Of Satan's Works

He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over the resting-places of the dead who had made offerings to them.

And he had the bones of the priests burned on their altars, and so he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.

Verse ConceptsBonesBurning People

He had the altars and the pillars of wood pulled down and the images crushed to dust, and all the sun-images cut down, through all the land of Israel, and then he went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsCrushing

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βῶμος 
Bomos 
Usage: 1

θυσιαστήριον 
Thusiasterion 
Usage: 16

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