2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

The two courts of the house of the Lord - the court of the priests and the large court of the people.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reigns of Manasseh and Amon. The fact that the reformation begun by Hezekiah was so thoroughly undone at his death, and that his son was able to re...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

two courts. See note on 1 Kings 7:12 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the two courts. — Even in the inner and more sacred court, where the sacrifices were offered to Jehovah.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The one of the priests, the other of the people, 1 Kings 6:36 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Summary Of His Evil Life ( 2 Kings 21:3-9 ). The full evil of the life of Manasseh is brought out by a detailed description of all the abomination...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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2 Kings 21:1 . Manasseh was twelve years old. He was the sixteenth king of Judah, ruined in his education, it would seem, by some apostate priests...
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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he built altars for all the host of heaven, in the service of his star-worship, in the two courts of the house of the Lord, namely, in the cour...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 21:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 21:5