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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, &#8220In Jerusalem I will put my Name.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem will I put my name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, &#8220In Jerusalem I will put My name.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And he built [pagan] altars in the house (temple) of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name (Presence).”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He built altars in the LORD’s temple, where the LORD had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He built altars in the LORD&#8217s temple, where the LORD had said, &#8220Jerusalem is where I will put My name.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshiped, Manasseh built altars for the worship of pagan gods <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He built altars in the LORD's temple, where the LORD had said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will place my Name." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, ?In Jerusalem I will put My Name.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He built altars in the LORD's temple, about which the LORD had said, "Jerusalem will be my home."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he has built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH said, “In Jerusalem I put My Name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, 'In Jerusalem I put My name.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of Jehovah where Jehovah said, In Jerusalem I will put my name.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord said: “In Jerusalem, I will place my name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said: In Jerusalem I will set my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my name.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he built an altar in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of LORD JEHOVAH, who had said, “In Jerusalem I shall put my name.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem will I put My name.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/21-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=7337" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/21.htm">Manasseh Reigns in Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>For 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. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: ū·ḇā·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">Manasseh also built</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥōṯ (N-mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">of which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">had said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">“In Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: ’ā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I will put</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">My Name.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a></span><br />And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16</a></span><br />For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm">2 Chronicles 33:4</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a></span><br />then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">2 Chronicles 6:6</a></span><br />But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-13.htm">Psalm 132:13-14</a></span><br />For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: / “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></span><br />I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-20.htm">2 Chronicles 6:20</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Isaiah 66:1</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm">Jeremiah 7:10-11</a></span><br />and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a></span><br />And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-49</a></span><br />However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.</p><p class="hdg">he built.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/16-10.htm">2 Kings 16:10-16</a></b></br> And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that <i>was</i> at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Jeremiah 32:34</a></b></br> But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.</p><p class="hdg">In Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a></b></br> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a></b></br> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <i>even</i> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a></b></br> He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Built</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-8.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-12.htm">Whereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm">Built</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-7.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">Whereof</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">Manasseh's reign.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">His great idolatry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-10.htm">His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm">Amon succeeds him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Amon's wicked reign.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-23.htm">He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by the people, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Josiah is made king.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD</b><br>Manasseh's actions were a direct violation of the First Commandment, which prohibits the worship of other gods. Building altars in the temple, the sacred space dedicated to Yahweh, was an act of desecration. This reflects the syncretism prevalent during his reign, where pagan practices were incorporated into the worship of Yahweh. Historically, Manasseh's reign is noted for its idolatry and apostasy, as he introduced foreign religious practices into Judah, leading the nation away from covenant faithfulness.<p><b>of which the LORD had said</b><br>This phrase underscores the authority and the specific instructions given by God regarding the temple. The temple was not just a building but a symbol of God's covenant with Israel. The LORD's words are a reminder of the divine mandate and the sacredness of the temple as the dwelling place of God's presence among His people.<p><b>“In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”</b><br>This statement highlights Jerusalem's unique status as the chosen city where God established His presence. The phrase "put My Name" signifies God's ownership, blessing, and the centrality of Jerusalem in His redemptive plan. It connects to <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a>, where God instructs Israel to seek the place He will choose to put His Name. This choice of Jerusalem as the spiritual center is fulfilled in the Davidic covenant and ultimately points to the coming of Jesus Christ, who would be crucified and resurrected in this city, further establishing it as the focal point of God's salvific work.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a></b><br>The king of Judah who reigned for 55 years and was known for his idolatrous practices, including building altars to false gods in the temple of the LORD.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, which was the central place of worship for the Israelites and where God's presence was said to dwell.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, chosen by God as the place where His name would reside, signifying His presence and covenant with His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/altars.htm">Altars</a></b><br>Structures built for the purpose of offering sacrifices. In this context, they were built for idol worship, which was a direct violation of God's commandments.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who had established Jerusalem as the place where His name would dwell, emphasizing His unique relationship with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_worship.htm">The Sanctity of Worship</a></b><br>Worship should be directed solely to God, in the manner He has prescribed. Manasseh's actions serve as a warning against altering or compromising true worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual decay and separation from God. It is crucial to guard against anything that takes the place of God in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_chosen_place.htm">God's Chosen Place</a></b><br>God chose Jerusalem as the place for His name, symbolizing His presence and covenant. We should honor the places and ways God has designated for worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite Manasseh's grave sins, his account also includes repentance, reminding us of God's willingness to forgive and restore those who turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders have a significant impact on the spiritual direction of their people. Manasseh's idolatry led Judah astray, highlighting the responsibility of leaders to guide others toward God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_amon_of_judah.htm">Who was King Amon of Judah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_araunah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Araunah the Jebusite in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_let_tobiah,_an_ammonite,_use_temple_rooms.htm">Why would priests allow Tobiah, an Ammonite official, to occupy temple storerooms (Nehemiah 13:4–9) if this risks defiling the sanctuary? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/archaeological_proof_for_2_kings_21_3-9.htm">Is there any archaeological proof supporting the extensive idolatrous practices detailed in 2 Kings 21:3-9?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">He built altars</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> idolatrous altars (<a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm" title="And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.">2Kings 21:5</a>).<p><span class= "bld">In the house of the Lord</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>in the two courts of it. This verse contains the <span class= "ital">general </span>statement of what is <span class= "ital">particularised </span>in <a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm" title="And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.">2Kings 21:5</a>.<p><span class= "bld">In Jerusalem will I put my name.</span>--See <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm" title="And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.">1Kings 14:21</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he built altars in the house of the Lord.</span> He created, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, altars to other gods in the very temple of Jehovah (see ver. 5). This was a pollution beyond any that either Athaliah or Ahaz had ventured on. <span class="cmt_word">Of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my Name</span> (see <a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a>; <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a>). Where Jehovah "put his Name," making the place his, and condescending, in a certain sense, to dwell there, it might at least have been expected that he would not find himself confronted with rivals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/21-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[Manasseh] also built</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָנָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">altars</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(miz·bə·ḥōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had said,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“In Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will put</span><br /><span class="heb">אָשִׂ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My Name.”</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 21:4 He built altars in the house (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 21:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 21:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>