Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 21:5
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In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the LORD’s house.
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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
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2 Kings 21
3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
4 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
5 In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
7 Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
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