2Chr 33:3 Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:3
3: He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
Deuteronomy 16:21
- "You must never set up an Asherah pole beside the altar of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 17:3
- by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden.
2 Chronicles 31:1
- Now when the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.
2 Chronicles 30:14
- They set to work and removed the pagan altars from Jerusalem. They took away all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
Jeremiah 19:13
- Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah's kings, will become like Topheth--all the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where drink offerings were poured out to your idols.'"
2 Kings 23:5
- He did away with the pagan priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had burned incense at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered incense to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the forces of heaven.
- The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD's Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the pole to dust and threw the dust in the public cemetery.
2 Kings 18:4
- He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and knocked down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had begun to worship it by burning incense to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
- A wise person can overcome weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
Zephaniah 1:5
- For they go up to their roofs and bow to the sun, moon, and stars. They claim to follow the LORD, but then they worship Molech, too. So now I will destroy them!
Jeremiah 17:2
- Even their children go to worship at their sacred altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill.
2 Chronicles 32:12
- Surely you must realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the LORD's shrines and altars. He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship at only the one altar at the Temple and to make sacrifices on it alone.
Judges 2:11
- Then the Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight and worshiped the images of Baal.
- They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They chased after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they angered the LORD.
- They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
Acts 7:42
- Then God turned away from them and gave them up to serve the sun, moon, and stars as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written, 'Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
Jeremiah 8:2
- They will dig out their bones and spread them out on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars--the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like dung.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
- And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? And yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work. How meaningless!
2 Kings 23:11
- He removed from the entrance of the LORD's Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court. The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
2 Kings 21:3
- He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the forces of heaven and worshiped them.
1 Kings 14:23
- They built pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Deuteronomy 4:19
- And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars--all the forces of heaven--don't be seduced by them and worship them. The LORD your God designated these heavenly bodies for all the peoples of the earth.
2 Chronicles 28:2
- Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel and cast images for the worship of Baal.
- He offered sacrifices in the valley of the son of Hinnom, even sacrificing his own sons in the fire. He imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations whom the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
- He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.