2 Kings 21:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 21:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 21:5 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 21:5 — KJV
“And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.”
— 2 Kings 21:5 (KJV)
2 Kings 21:5 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 21:5
“And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:5: built, altars, host
“And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. brake...: or, ran from thence”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:5: altars, two, courts
“And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:5: built, two, house
“For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. he built...: Heb. he returned and built”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:5: built, altars, host
“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 21:5: built, altars, house
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