2 Chronicles 33:4

American Standard Version (1901)

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

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  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
  • 2 Chr 6:6 : 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
  • 2 Chr 32:19 : 19 And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
  • 2 Chr 33:15 : 15 And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
  • 2 Chr 34:3-4 : 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves [of them] that had sacrificed unto them.
  • Jer 7:30 : 30 For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.
  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5 : 4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:3-5
    3 verses
    93%

    3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

    4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 33:5
    85%

    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 33:3
    79%

    3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    79%

    7And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    77%

    7And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

  • 2 Chr 33:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

    16And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    75%

    32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    73%

    8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    73%

    35Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
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    72%

    3He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

    4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
    72%

    12Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense?

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    72%

    4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.

  • 2 Chr 34:3-5
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    72%

    3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.

    4And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves [of them] that had sacrificed unto them.

    5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    72%

    32For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 2 Chr 28:24-25
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    71%

    24And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

    25And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    71%

    16For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    71%

    1Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    71%

    7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    71%

    13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  • 2 Chr 28:4
    71%

    4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    71%

    7And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    71%

    17Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • Gen 13:4
    71%

    4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

  • Jer 32:34
    70%

    34But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • Ps 78:69
    70%

    69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    70%

    3And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    70%

    13I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

  • Jer 33:4
    70%

    4For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down [to make a defence] against the mounds and against the sword;

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    70%

    1Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    70%

    15Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
    70%

    4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    70%

    5And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

  • Jer 19:13
    70%

    13and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.

  • 2 Kgs 15:4
    69%

    4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 16:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

    12And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.

  • Jer 11:13
    69%

    13For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    69%

    2But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

  • Josh 22:23
    69%

    23that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it;

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    69%

    13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

  • 2 Kgs 14:4
    69%

    4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    69%

    12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.