2 Kings 21:3-7

3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
4 He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”
5 In the two courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.
7 He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

Cross References 14

  • 1. S 1 Kings 3:3; S 2 Kings 18:4
  • 2. S Judges 6:28; 1 Kings 16:32
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 16:21
  • 4. S Genesis 2:1; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; Jeremiah 19:13
  • 5. Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 4:1; Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 23:11; Jeremiah 32:34; Ezekiel 23:39
  • 6. S Exodus 20:24; S 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 8:29
  • 7. 1 Kings 7:12; 2 Kings 23:12
  • 8. S Leviticus 18:21; S Deuteronomy 18:10; S 2 Kings 3:27; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 17:17
  • 9. Deuteronomy 18:14
  • 10. S Leviticus 19:31
  • 11. 2 Kings 23:26
  • 12. Deuteronomy 16:21; 2 Kings 23:4
  • 13. S Leviticus 15:31
  • 14. S Exodus 20:24; S 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 32:34
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