2 Chronicles 33:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

He also built altars in the house of the LORD, where the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.'

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  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My 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 spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of men's hands.
  • 2 Chr 33:15 : 15 And he removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD 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 still 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, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
  • Jer 7:30 : 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:
  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5 : 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put my name.' 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:3-5
    3 verses
    93%

    3For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

    4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put my name.'

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

  • 2 Chr 33:5
    85%

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

  • 2 Chr 33:3
    79%

    3For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    79%

    7And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    77%

    7And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'

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

    15And he removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

    16And he repaired the altar of the LORD, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    75%

    32He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    73%

    8And they dwelt in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    73%

    35However, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    72%

    2But the people sacrificed at high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
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    72%

    3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built extensively.

    4Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests, he built fortresses and towers.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
    72%

    12Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    72%

    4Behold, I build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn sweet incense before him, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

  • 2 Chr 34:3-5
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    72%

    3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still 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, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images.

    4And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

    5And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    72%

    32For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, 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 the LORD, and made altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    71%

    16For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    71%

    1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the 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 the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    71%

    13The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.

  • 2 Chr 28:4
    71%

    4He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    71%

    7And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    71%

    17And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • Gen 13:4
    71%

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

  • 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 high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    70%

    3And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    70%

    13I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • Jer 33:4
    70%

    4For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are torn down by the battering rams and by the sword:

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    70%

    1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    70%

    15Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
    70%

    4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    70%

    5And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • Jer 19:13
    70%

    13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

  • 2 Kgs 15:4
    69%

    4Except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places.

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

    11Then Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah the priest made it before king Ahaz came from Damascus.

    12And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and offered on it.

  • Jer 11:13
    69%

    13For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    69%

    2But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • Josh 22:23
    69%

    23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt offering or grain offering, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let the LORD 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 forever.

  • 2 Kgs 14:4
    69%

    4However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    69%

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