2 Kings 21:4-5
21:4 He built altars in the
Lord’s temple, about which the
Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”
21:5 In the two courtyards of the
Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
2 Kings 21:7
21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the
Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.
2 Kings 23:11-12
23:11 He removed from the entrance to the
Lord’s temple the statues of horses
that the kings of Judah had placed there in honor of the sun god. (They were kept near the room of Nathan Melech the eunuch, which was situated among the courtyards.)
He burned up the chariots devoted to the sun god.
23:12 The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz’s upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the
Lord’s temple. He crushed them up
and threw the dust in the Kidron Valley.
2 Kings 23:2
23:2 The king went up to the
Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud
all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the
Lord’s temple.
2 Kings 1:4-7
1:4 Therefore this is what the
Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.
1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
1:6 They replied, “A man came up to meet us. He told us, “Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.”’”
1:7 The king asked them, “Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”