Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. New Living Translation He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the LORD’s Temple. English Standard Version And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Berean Standard Bible In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. King James Bible And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. New King James Version And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. New American Standard Bible He built altars for all the heavenly lights in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. NASB 1995 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. NASB 1977 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible Indeed, he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Yahweh. Amplified Bible He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Christian Standard Bible He built altars to all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the LORD’s temple. Holman Christian Standard Bible He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the LORD’s temple. American Standard Version And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah. Contemporary English Version and the stars. He placed these altars in both courtyards of the temple English Revised Version And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation In the two courtyards of the LORD's temple, he built altars for the entire army of heaven. Good News Translation In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars. International Standard Version He built altars for all the armies of heaven in the two courtyards of the LORD's Temple. Majority Standard Bible In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. NET Bible In the two courtyards of the LORD's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky. New Heart English Bible He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. World English Bible He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he builds altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of YHWH. Young's Literal Translation And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation And he will build altars to all the army of the heavens in the two enclosures of the house of Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he built them for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version But he built these for the entire army of heaven, in the two courts of the house of the Lord. New American Bible and he built altars to the whole host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. New Revised Standard Version He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Manasseh Reigns in Judah…4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. 6He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.… Cross References 2 Kings 21:5 In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. 2 Kings 23:12 He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. Jeremiah 19:13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.” Zephaniah 1:5 those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, 2 Kings 17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. Deuteronomy 4:19 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. Deuteronomy 17:3 and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— Jeremiah 8:2 They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground. Jeremiah 32:29 And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods. Ezekiel 8:16 So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun. Acts 7:42-43 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? / You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ Romans 1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. Revelation 9:20 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” Treasury of Scripture And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. in the two 2 Chronicles 4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. Jeremiah 32:34,35 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it… Ezekiel 8:7-18 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall… Jump to Previous Altars Army Buildeth Built Courts Heaven Heavens Host Hosts House Outer Sky Squares Starry Stars TempleJump to Next Altars Army Buildeth Built Courts Heaven Heavens Host Hosts House Outer Sky Squares Starry Stars Temple2 Chronicles 33 1. Manasseh's wicked reign3. He sets up idolatry, and will not be admonished 11. He is carried into Babylon 12. Upon his prayer to God he is released and puts down idolatry 18. His acts 20. He dying, Amon succeeds him 21. who is slain by his servants 25. The murderers being slain, Josiah succeeds him In both courtyards The phrase "in both courtyards" refers to the two main areas within the temple complex: the inner and outer courtyards. These courtyards were integral to the temple's design, serving as spaces for worship and sacrifice. The inner courtyard was more exclusive, reserved for priests and certain sacred rituals, while the outer courtyard was accessible to the general populace. The fact that altars were built in both courtyards signifies a comprehensive defilement of the temple, indicating that the idolatry was not limited to a secluded area but permeated the entire sacred space. This act of desecration highlights the extent of King Manasseh's apostasy and his blatant disregard for the sanctity of the temple, which was meant to be a place dedicated solely to the worship of Yahweh. of the house of the LORD he built altars to all the host of heaven Hebrew In bothבִּשְׁתֵּ֖י (biš·tê) Preposition-b | Number - fdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) courtyards חַצְר֥וֹת (ḥaṣ·rō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet of the house בֵּית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of the LORD, יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel he built וַיִּ֥בֶן (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1129: To build altars מִזְבְּח֖וֹת (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4196: An altar to all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the host צְבָ֣א (ṣə·ḇā) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign of heaven. הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky Links 2 Chronicles 33:5 NIV2 Chronicles 33:5 NLT 2 Chronicles 33:5 ESV 2 Chronicles 33:5 NASB 2 Chronicles 33:5 KJV 2 Chronicles 33:5 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 33:5 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 33:5 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 33:5 French Bible 2 Chronicles 33:5 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 33:5 He built altars for all the army (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |