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 21:5 BSB

2 Kings 21:5 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 7:12 (5 votes) and 1 Kings 6:36 (3 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 2 to 2 Corinthians 6.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 21:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

  2. Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

  3. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

  4. 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.

  5. He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

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

  7. He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

  8. Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

  9. And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

  10. Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

Which verses point to 2 Kings 21:5?

The 10 strongest of 21.