2 Chronicles 33:5
in 2 Chronicles 33In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
KJV
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down
on 2 Chronicles 33:3-6
The list matches 2 Kings 21:3-6 point for point: high places rebuilt, “altars for the Baals”, “Asherah poles” and the host of heaven worshiped. He “sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom” and practiced sorcery and divination, the practices Deuteronomy 18 forbids by name.
This site's exposition
In both courtyards
The two courts were the court of the priests and the great court Solomon built at 4:9. Josiah later tore down these altars and threw their dust into the Kidron, as 2 Kings 23:12 records. Star worship stood where Israel gathered to pray.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He built altars - See the principal facts in this chapter explained in the notes on 2 Kings 21:1-17 (note).
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֥בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| מִזְבְּח֖וֹת | mizbechot | altars | H4196 → | 401 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צְבָ֣א | tzeva' | [the] host of | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י | bishtei | in [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| חַצְר֥וֹת | chatzrot | [the] courtyards of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיִּ֥בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
מִזְבְּח֖וֹתaltars
mizbechotH4196 →401 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
צְבָ֣א[the] host of
tzeva'H6635 →485 times
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
בִּשְׁתֵּ֖יin [the] two
bishteiH8147 →768 times
חַצְר֥וֹת[the] courtyards of
chatzrotH2691 →191 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 4:9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:36
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 2 Kings 21:5
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- 1 Kings 7:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:36
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
