2-Kings - 21:4



4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 21:4.

Differing Translations

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And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name.
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, 'In Jerusalem I put My name.'
And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, 'I will put my name in Jerusalem.'
And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord said: "In Jerusalem, I will place my name."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The "altars" of this verse seem to be the same with those of 2-Kings 21:5, and consequently were not in the temple building, but in the outer and inner courts.

Built altars - He placed idolatrous altars even in the temple.

And he built altars in the house of the Lord,.... In the holy place, as distinct from the courts in the next verse; and these were sacred to the idols of the Gentiles:
of which the Lord said, in Jerusalem will I put my name; in the temple there, devoted to his service, called by his name, and where his name was called upon, see Deuteronomy 12:5 and to erect altars to idols here must be very abominable to him.

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