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2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven, in the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

2 Kings 21:5 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)

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2 Kings 21:5 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

WEB World English Bible

He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the LORD’s house.

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In context

2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the idols of the nations, which the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel.

3 And he turned, and built up the high places, which Ezechias, his father, had destroyed: and he set up altars to Baal, and made groves, as Achab, the king of Israel, had done: and he adored all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name.

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven, in the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

6 And he made his son pass through fire: and he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers, to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him.

7 He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord: concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

8 And I will no more make the feet of Israel to be moved out of the land, which I gave to their fathers: only if they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, according to the law which my servant Moses commanded them.

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