14 He also brought (A)the bronze altar which was before the Lord, from the front of the [a]temple—from between the new altar and the house of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

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  1. 2 Kings 16:14 Lit. house

14 As for the bronze altar(A) that stood before the Lord, he brought it from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the temple of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

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(A)He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (B)“In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

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He built altars(A) in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”(B)

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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the (A)two courts of the house of the Lord.

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In the two courts(A) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts.

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He even set a carved image of [a]Asherah that he had made, in the [b]house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, (A)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

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  1. 2 Kings 21:7 A Canaanite goddess
  2. 2 Kings 21:7 Temple

He took the carved Asherah pole(A) he had made and put it in the temple,(B) 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(C) forever.

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He (A)stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and (B)the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and (C)brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, (D)where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which (E)provokes[a] to jealousy.

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  1. Ezekiel 8:3 Arouses the Lord’s jealousy

He stretched out what looked like a hand(A) and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up(B) between earth and heaven and in visions(C) of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,(D) where the idol that provokes to jealousy(E) stood.

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39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed (A)thus they have done in the midst of My house.

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39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(A) it. That is what they did in my house.(B)

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(A)When you brought in (B)foreigners, (C)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered (D)My food, (E)the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.

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In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart(A) and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.(B)

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