2-Kings - 21:5



5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 21:5.

Differing Translations

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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the temple of the Lord.
And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;
And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
And he constructed altars, for the entire army of heaven, within the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he built altars for all the host of heaven,.... Sun, moon, and stars:
in the two courts of the house of the Lord; in the court of the priests, and in the court of the people; and all this must be supposed to be done, not as soon as he began to reign, but when he was grown up to man's estate, and had children, as the next verse shows; unless it can be thought that those nobles in Judah, who liked not the reformation made by Hezekiah, took the advantage of his youth, and advised him to these idolatries.

the two courts of the house of the Lord--the court of the priests, and the large court of the people.

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