And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. Treasury of Scripture he built. 2 Kings 16:10-16 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus... Jeremiah 32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. In Jerusalem. Exodus 20:24 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep... Deuteronomy 12:5 But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there... 2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 1 Kings 8:29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there... 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house... Psalm 78:68,69 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved... Psalm 132:13,14 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation...
Context Manasseh's Idolatrous Reign in Judah
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he worked much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9But they listened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name.
Darby Bible Translation
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
King James Bible
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Young's Literal Translation
And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, 'In Jerusalem I put My name.'
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