Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
- KJV And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
- NKJV He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
- NASB And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
- NLT He built pagan altars in the Temple of the Lord, the place where the Lord had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
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Quick answer
Manasseh builds pagan altars within the very temple where God had placed His name. He defiles the place of true worship.
Overview
In a brazen act, the king erects idolatrous altars in the LORD's house, the dwelling God had chosen for His name. To corrupt the temple itself is to assault the heart of Israel's faith. This desecration anticipates the need for a greater cleansing, ultimately accomplished by Christ, who purifies a people to be God's true temple.
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Cross-references · 9
- 2 Sam 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Kgs 8:29May 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.
- Jer 32:34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- 2 Kgs 16:10–16Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.
- Deut 12:5Instead, 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.
- 1 Kgs 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- Ps 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Exod 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
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