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2 Kings 21:5

2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he built altars for all the host of heaven,.... Sun, moon, and stars:

in the two courts of the house of the Lord; in the court of the priests, and in the court of the people; and all this must…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 21:1-9

How delightful were our meditations on the last reign! How many pleasing views had we of Sion in its glory (that is, in its purity and in its triumphs), of the king in his beauty! (for Isa 33:17…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the two courts of the house of the Lord On the two courts of the temple, spoken of respectively as -the inner" or -higher" court, or -the court of the priests, and -the great court" which must have…