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2 Chronicles 32:12

Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

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ASV

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense?

KJV

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

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הֲלֹא־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808 →
הוּא֙hu'thatH1931 →
יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396 →
הֵסִ֥ירhe.Sirdid he removeH5493 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בָּמֹתָ֖יוba.mo.Tavhigh places hisH1116 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
מִזְבְּחֹתָ֑יוmiz.be.cho.Tavaltars hisH4196 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand did he say?H559 →
לִֽיהוּדָ֤הli.hu.Dahto JudahH3063 →
וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ve.li.ru.sha.Limand to JerusalemH3389 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לִפְנֵ֨יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
מִזְבֵּ֧חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196 →
אֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.Vuyou will bow downH7812 →
וְעָלָ֥יוve.'a.Lavand on itH5921 →
תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃tak.Ti.ruyou will make smokeH6999 →

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2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.2 Chronicles 33:17Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.Exodus 30:1–6“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.2 Kings 18:22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?Exodus 40:26–29Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;Exodus 27:1–8“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.Deuteronomy 12:13–14Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;Deuteronomy 12:26–27But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.Isaiah 36:7But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?2 Chronicles 4:1He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.2 Kings 15:35Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.2 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.2 Kings 21:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.1 Chronicles 22:1Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”Joshua 22:29Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

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