2 Kings 21:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 21:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 21:4 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 21:4 — KJV
“And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.”
— 2 Kings 21:4 (KJV)
2 Kings 21:4 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 21:4
“Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:4: built, altars, house
“And the LORD 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 mine heart shall be there perpetually.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:4: built, house, lord
“And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:4: built, altars, house
“And he set a graven image of the grove that 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, will I put my name for ever:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:4: house, lord, jerusalem
“Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:4: built, house, lord
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