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He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
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Defiling Sacred Space
Commentators emphasize the shocking nature of Manasseh's sin. He didn't just build pagan altars; he built them "in the two courts of the house of Jehovah." This was a deliberate act of sacrilege, placing the worship of stars and planets in the very place God had set apart for His own name, an ultimate act of defiance.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Baptist
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. And he caused his children to pass through the fire …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:5)
Presbyterian
We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and it is a memorable instance of the riches of God's pardoning mercy and the powe…
