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2 Kings 21:5

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

KJV

Et exstruxit altaria universæ militiæ cæli in duobus atriis templi Domini.

Vulgate

καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν θυσιαστήριον πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Κυρίου.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּ֥בֶן מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לְ/כָל צְבָ֣א הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם בִּ/שְׁתֵּ֖י חַצְר֥וֹת בֵּית יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הֶֽן
hn
noun · 190×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 6:36 — And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
  • 1Kgs 7:12 — And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
  • 2Chr 4:9 — Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
  • 2Kgs 23:4 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal,
  • 2Kgs 23:12 — 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 bea
  • 2Kgs 23:12 — 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 bea