2 Kings 21:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

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  • 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.
  • Jer 32:34 : 34 But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
  • 2 Kgs 16:10-16 : 10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure. 11 And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus. 12 And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it. 13 He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar. 14 And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar. 15 And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord. 16 So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said
  • Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure. 69 And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
  • Exod 20:24 : 24 Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 33:3-5
    3 verses
    93%

    3 For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

    4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

    5 And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 21:5
    84%

    5 And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    81%

    7 He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    79%

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

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
    76%

    3 He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    75%

    32 And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    75%

    8 And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,

  • 2 Chr 33:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

    16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    73%

    2 But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

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

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    73%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • 2 Chr 28:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

    25 And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    72%

    16 For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
    72%

    11 And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

    11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    72%

    1 Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    72%

    35 But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    72%

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

  • Jer 7:12
    72%

    12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    72%

    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    72%

    13 And the high places before Jerusalem, on the south side of the mountain of destruction, which Solomon, king of Israel, had made for Ashtoreth, the disgusting god of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, and for Milcom, the disgusting god of the children of Ammon, the king made unclean.

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    71%

    4 See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.

  • Jer 19:13
    71%

    13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to other gods.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    71%

    4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 34:4
    71%

    4 He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over the resting-places of the dead who had made offerings to them.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
    71%

    12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Give worship before one altar only, burning offerings on it?

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
    71%

    4 Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the dust of them to Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    71%

    15 And the altar at Beth-el, and the high place put up by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil, that altar and that high place were pulled down; and the high place was burned and crushed to dust and the Asherah was burned.

  • Hag 1:8
    71%

    8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • Jer 32:34
    71%

    34 But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    71%

    3 And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • Gen 13:4
    71%

    4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Jer 7:30
    71%

    30 For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the Lord: they have put their disgusting images in the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    71%

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    71%

    7 He had the altars and the pillars of wood pulled down and the images crushed to dust, and all the sun-images cut down, through all the land of Israel, and then he went back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 23:27
    71%

    27 And the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have nothing more to do with this town, which I had made mine, even Jerusalem, and the holy house of which I said, My name will be there.

  • 2 Chr 27:4
    70%

    4 In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    70%

    32 For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, will certainly come about.

  • Jer 7:14
    70%

    14 For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • 2 Kgs 23:19
    70%

    19 Then Josiah took away all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had put up, moving the Lord to wrath, and he did with them as he had done in Beth-el.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    70%

    4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    70%

    19 And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 28:4
    70%

    4 And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.